PSYC 3100 Lecture 12: PSYC 3100 : Chp 12 Personality in the Workplace
5 Apr 2018
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Personality in the workplace: vocational fit determined by vocational interests. Personality plays a large role in happiness in a particular careers. People have different vocational interest: type of professions that interest a person, measured with scale like orvis, riasec. Measures six career types (1) realistic (2) investigative (3) artistic (4) social (5) enterprising (6) conventional. How satis ed a person is with her/his job. Partly determined by job, partly determined by t. Conscientiousness is best predictor of good work performance. Other traits are less clear & varied. A moderate amount of extraversion might be best for sales jobs; conscientiousness is more important. High conscientiousness & low neuroticism predict higher pay. Agreeable people make less money, especially true for men. Types of leadership: emergent leadership > ability to become a leader in an organization. Average us president is low in openness & agreeableness, high in conscientiousness & extraversion, some neuroticism. Presidents who were high in openness were better leaders.
