Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Deductive Reasoning, Negative Affectivity, Speech Recognition

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Kelly Raz

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Cultural values: shared beliefs about desirable end states/modes of conduct in given culture that influence expression of traits: influence development of personality traits and how they"re. Ability: relatively stable capabilities of people for performing particular range of related activities capture what people can do: can slowly w/ repeated practice but level of ability generally, relatively stable limited. Can use personality traits and cultural values to describe what employees are like. Conscientiousness: being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hard- working, and persevering valuable b/c: Related to to performance across all jobs/occupations. Conscientious employees prioritize accomplishment striving: accomplishment striving: strong desire to accomplish task- Childhood conscientiousness strongly correlated w/ ratings of career related goals as means of expressing one"s personality success: effects about twice as strong as effects other big 5 dimensions. Less likely to abuse drugs, more likely to take preventative steps to remain healthy, and less likely to engage in risky behaviours as driver/pedestrian.