xIRE260 Week 2

Agreeableness

• Personality dimension characterized by being warm, kind, cooperative, sympathetic, and helpful

• Essential for teamwork

Conscientiousness

• A trait involving being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, and hardworking

• A key predictor of job performance

Core self-evaluation

• A multidimensional trait encompassing self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability 

Dark triad

• A group of three socially undesirable traits

• Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy

Dispositional approach

• A perspective that views behavior as a result of stable, internal traits and genetic predispositions

Emotional stability

• The tendency to remain calm and secure

• The opposite of neuroticism

Extraversion

• A trait characterized by being talkative, sociable, assertive, and bold

• Important for interpersonal and visible roles

Five factor model

• Framework describing personality 

• Extraversion, conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness

Interactionist approach

• Theory that behavior is a function of both an individual’s personality and their environment/situation 

Locus of control

• A trait referring to whether individuals believe the causes of their behavior are internal or external 

Machiavellianism

• Characterized by excessive self-focus, entitlement, and a constant need for admiration 

Narcissism

• Characterized by strategic manipulation, deceit, and exploitation for personal gain 

Neuroticism

• A personality dimension 

• Nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, and jealous

Openness to experience

• A trait characterized by curiosity, imagination, creativity, and refined interests 

• Important for learning heavy roles

Personality

• A stable set of psychological characteristics influencing how one thinks, feels, and behaves

Psychopathy

• A trait involving a lack of empathy, impulsivity, risk-taking, and antisocial behavior

Situational approach

• A perspective that behavior is primarily shaped by external factors, context, work tasks 

Strong situation

• Context with well-defined roles, rules, and situations where personality has less impact on behavior

Trait activation

• The idea that traits are expressed only when triggered by specific environmental cues or job demands 

Weak situation

• A context with loosely defined roles and few rules, where personality has the strongest influence on behavior