ADMS 2400 Lecture Notes - Organizational Commitment, Positive Affectivity, Trait Theory
16 Oct 2011
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Chapter 9 personality, cultural values and ability. Personality: the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior; personality reflects what people are like and creates their social reputation. Personality is also a collection of multiple specific traits. Traits: recurring trends in people"s responses to their environment. (adjectives such as responsible, critical, organized, or achievement-oriented are all examples of traits). Cultural values: shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture that influence the expression of traits. Ability: relatively stables capabilities of people for performing a particular range of related activities. Big five: the five major dimensions of personality including canoe. Conscientiousness: dimension of personality reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking and persevering (determined). Has the biggest influence on job performance. Accomplishment striving: a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing one"s personality.
