COMMERCE 1BA3 Lecture 2: Chapter 2.1
18 Mar 2018
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The relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way an individual interacts with his or her environment and how he or she feels, thinks, and behaves. Dimensions and traits that are determined by genetic predisposition and ones ling term learning history. Personality has a long history in ob. The role of personality in organizational behavior has often been debated in. This has led to three approaches: what is known as the (cid:498)person situation debate(cid:499) Situations can be described as either (cid:498)weak(cid:499) or (cid:498)strong(cid:499: the dispositional approach, the situational approach, the internationalist approach. In weak situations, roles are loosely defined; there are few rules and weak reinforcement and punishment contingencies: personality as the strongest effect in weak situations. In strong situations, the roles, rules, and contingencies are more defined: personality has less of an impact in strong situations. So the extent to which personality influences people attitudes and behavior depends on the situation.
