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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOR
WEEK 3
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOURS IN THE
ORGANIZATION
Personality
Personality
Heredity Situational
Environmental
(Nature) Factors (life
Factors(social
(Genetic experience)
and cultural)
factors)
Determinants of Personality
In reality, a persons personality is developed
by three main factors namely:
Genetic inheritance
Heredity (Nature) -
acquired from birth. They are physical
attributes or family traits that impacts
on individuals personality.
Heredity
There are evidence that our genetic inheritance
plays a role in developing our personality.
Situational Factors:
Life experiences such as bereavement tend to
affect individuals personality.
Tools for measuring Individuals
Personality in the organization
Personality measurement is important on job
especially during recruitment and selection,
promotions in organization:
T F (Dichotomy)
ISTP INTP
Skilled trades ISFP INFP
Health care Counseling Scientific or
Technical fields
Business Writing technical fields
Agriculture
Law Law Arts
Enforcement enforcement
Military
Occupation Trend based on MBTI
ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP
Marketing Health care Counseling Science
Skilled trades Teaching Teaching Management
Business Coaching Religion Technology
Law Childcare Arts Arts
enforcement worker
Applied Skilled trades
technology
Extroversion
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Emotional Stability
Open to Experience
Five Big Personality Traits
Below shows the five big dimensions of personality traits that account
for the differences in the way people behave at work
Low in Conscientiousness
Disorganized, lazy, & Unreliable
Five Big Personality Traits
Below shows the five big dimensions of personality traits that
account for the differences in the way people behave at work
Emotionally Unstable
insecure, anxious, &
depressed.
Five Big Personality Traits
Below shows the five big dimensions of personality traits that
account for the differences in the way people behave at work
Closed to experience
unimaginative, dull,
inflexible, literal minded.
Group Exercise
What are the difficulties in associates with
the tools used in studying peoples
personality on the job?
Difficulties in Studying
Personality
The following are difficulties associated with
studying Personality:
Personality test are associated to faked
responses.
Locus of control
Internal Locus of Control
External locus of Control
Type A Personality
Type B Personality
Locus of Control
The degree to which people believe that people are in
control of their own destiny (fate).
Self-esteem
The degree to which a person hold positive or
negative views about themselves.
Personality Attributes that
affects Organization Behavior
Self-monitoring:
The is a personality trait that makes a
person pay attention to a social situation
so that he/she can change behaviors' to
fit that situation.
What are Attitudes?
Attitudes are mental views or dispositions
based on beliefs and feelings which a person
brings to any situation.
OR
Attitudes-
I dislike working late hours.
Direct Observation
Exercise
Divide yourselves into groups and reflect on the
factors that influence attitude formation and
how you can change attitudes of people in the
organization.
Factors that influence attitude
Formation
Attitudes are learned from infancy. Attitudes
Are derived from personal reactions to
Information and events.
Questions