OB Lecture 1, Chapter 1+5, Personality and Values

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Organizational Behavior

A field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organizations to improve an organization’s effectiveness.

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Intuition

Your gut feeling explanation of behavior

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Systematic Study

Improves ability to accurately predict behavior and assumes behavior is not random.

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Personality

The ways an individual reacts to and interacts with the world around them

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Personality Traits

Characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior

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Heredity

Most dominant factor in personality

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Twin studies

Genetics are more influential than parents

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Suttons theory of personality

Theory has to be scientifically rigorous, useful and comprehensive

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Scientifically rigorous

A theory that makes clear and predictable predictions

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MBTI: Extroversion

Directing energy toward the outer world of people and objects

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MBTI: Introversion

Directing energy toward the inner world of experience and ideas

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MBTI: Thinking

Concluding according to logical analysis with a focus on objectivity and detachment

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MBTI: Feeling

Concluding according to personal and social values with a focus on understanding and harmony

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MBTI: Sensing

Concentrating mostly on what can be perceived by the 5 senses

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MBTI: Intuition

Concentrating mostly on perceiving patterns and interrelationships

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MBTI: Judging

Inclining toward the decisiveness and closure resulted in dealing with outer world

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MBTI: Perceiving

Inclining toward the flexibility and spontaneity resulted

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The Big Five Traits

Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness

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Big Five: Conscientiousness

Wishing to do your work well. The best overall predictor of job performance

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Big Five: Emotional Stability

Related to life satisfaction, job satisfaction, reduced burnouts and intention to quit.

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Big Five: Extraversion

Strong predictor of leadership emergence and behaviors in groups

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Big Five: Openness

Not related to initial performance on a job, but related to sensitive to decline in performance over long time

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Big Five: Agreeableness

Associated with lower levels of career succes

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Enneagram

Categorizes individuals into nine distinct personality types, each with its own core fears, desires and tendencies. Focuses on emotional motivations behind their thinking and behavior.

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Dark Triad: Machiavellianism

Degree to which an individual is pragmatic(focus on facts), maintains emotional distance and believes end can justify means

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Dark Triad: Narcissism

The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement

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Dark Triad: Psychopathy

The tendency for a lack of concern for others and a lack of guilt or remorse when actions cause harm

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Value

Basic beliefs that a specific mode of behavior or end state of existence is preferable to an opposite mode

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Value System

Content: What do we find important? Intensity: How important do we find these things

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Terminal Values

Desirable end-state what you would like to accomplish(succes, freedom, well-being, meaning in life)

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Instrumental Values

How to achieve your terminal values(Personal discipline, kindness, autonomy and self reliance)

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Hofstede Cultural Value: Power Distance

Extent to which a society accepts an unequal distribution of power

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Hofstede Cultural value: Uncertainty Avoidance

Extent to which a society feels threatened by and avoid ambiguity

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Globe Cultural Value: Power Distance

Extent to which a society accepts an unequal distribution of power

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Globe Cultural value: Uncertainty Avoidance

Extent to which a society seeks orderliness, structure, and laws to avoid ambiguity

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Hofstede Cultural value: Long-Term Orientation

Extent to which a society emphasizes the future and persistence

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Hofstede Cultural value: Collectivism

Extent to which a society emphasizes acting as a tight-knit collective(versus as independent individuals)

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Hofstede Cultural value: Masculinity

Extent to which a society favors traditional, masculine roles such as power and control(versus little differentiation of gender roles)

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Globe Cultural value: Future Orientation

Extent to which a society believes their actions can influence the future

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Globe Cultural value: Institutional Collectivism

Extent to which a society supports collective action and resource distribution

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Globe Cultural Value: In-Group Collectivism

Extent to which a society values loyalty, pride, patriotism(devotion to one’s country) and cohesion

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Globe Cultural value: Gender Egalitarianism

Extent to which a society de-emphasizes traditional gender roles

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Globe Cultural value: Assertiveness

Extent to which a society emphasizes confidence and advocating for what one wants

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Globe Cultural value: Humane Orientation

Extent to which a society values caring, friendliness, altruism, fairness, kindness and generosity

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Globe Cultural value: Performance Orientation

Extent to which a society values producing results, excellence and productivity

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Person-job fit

A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and workplace determines satisfaction and turnover.

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Person-organization fit

A theory that people are attracted to and selected by organizations that match their values and leave when there is no compatibility

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