BSAD 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ingroups And Outgroups, Positive Affectivity, Canoe.Com

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BSAD 120
• Professor: Ante Glavas

Document Summary

How large should teams be: really depends, rule of thumb: Just large enough for task to get done: additional members may be beneficial when work is complex and knowledge intensive (action and project teams, can benefit from additional resources like expertise. Different personality traits (& abilities) creates deep level diversity. Different personality traits correspond better to certain types of team roe. Personality is defined as a group/combination of traits. Personality traits: stable propensities inside a person that explain their characteristic patterns of through, emotion. Nature vs. nurture: twin studies, between 35-49% of variation in personality is due to genetics. Neither nature or nurture: personality is a mix. Personality traits: person vs. situation debate what influences behavior at work: are personality traits stable and always present, or is it the situation that influences people to behave in a certain way, both!