[Solution] Personality and Behavior in Organizations
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Author: Emily Carter
Personality and Behavior
Each employee's personality is unique. By understanding the personalities of other employees in the organization, as well as their own personalities, managers can influence people's behaviors, helping them become more effective.
The "Big Five" Personality Traits
Personality is the relatively stable set of psychological attributes that distinguish one person from another. Researchers have identified five fundamental personality traits that are important to individual behavior in organizations:
- Agreeableness: How well a person gets along with others
- Conscientiousness: How organized, systematic, and thorough someone is
- Neuroticism: Whether someone is calm and resilient or excitable and insecure
- Extraversion: How sociable, talkative, and assertive a person is
- Openness: How broad someone's interests are and their willingness to consider new ideas
Match each behavior with its corresponding personality trait:
Showing resilience
Lacking curiosity
Being stubborn
Showing carelessness
Being quiet in groups
Select the term that best completes the following sentence about the Myers-Briggs framework.
An executive who likes to finalize decisions and push projects toward completion probably prefers .
Select the terms that best complete the following sentences about personality traits.
Heather is content to stay in an entry-level job, especially since it involves a lot of overtime that pays well. Heather has .
An executive who is willing to invest in ventures that others would see as too uncertain has a high .
Which of the following are NOT aspects of emotional intelligence (EQ)? Check all that apply.
- Managing one's emotions
- Motivating oneself
- Taking risks
- Being excitable and moody
- Basing decisions on feelings
