MGCR 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Masculinity, Organizational Culture, Job Satisfaction

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Personality sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others; useful in hiring decisions and helps managers forecast who is best for a job. Most common way to measure personality is through self-report surveys. Observer-ratings surveys provide an independent assessment of personality often better predictors. People"s dependability tends to increase over time. Everyone tends to change by the same amount, so their rank order stays roughly the same. Personality is more changeable in adolescents and more stable among adults. Personality traits characteristics exhibited in a large number of situations; the more consistent the characteristic over time, and the more frequently it occurs in diverse situations, the more important that trait is in describing the individual. Extraverted vs. introverted extraverts are outgoing, sociable and assertive. Sensing vs. intuitive sensing types are practical and prefer routine and order. Intuitives rely on unconscious processes and look at the big picture.

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