BUSI 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Performance, Extraversion And Introversion, Psychopathy
23 May 2016
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Relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influence the way an individual interacts with their environment. Strongest influence on performance of the big 5. Accomplishment striving, spends more time on task, build job knowledge, goal-setting, exceed work requirements. Predicts high work and non-work outcomes (ie. health, success, career: agreeableness. Prioritize communion striving, seek to gain acceptance in personal relationships. Beneficial in many positions/roles but can be detrimental in others: neuroticisms. Associated with a differential reactivity: openness. Valuable in jobs that require high levels of creativity and spontaneity: extraversion. Prioritize status driving, strong desire to obtain power and influence. Tend to be high in positive affectivity. Big 5 predict job performance in certain jobs, attitudes, and career preferences. Predicts key aspects of counterproductive work performance: core self-evaluation. Linked to high job satisfaction and motivation: proactive personality. Creates positive change in the work environment. Leadership roles, charismatic: social dominance orientation. A preference for hierarchy in a social system and inequality between groups.
