BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Job Satisfaction, Rela, Dissociation Constant
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45-51: dispositional approach individuals possess stable traits or characteristics that influence their influence their attitudes and behaviours. Individuals are predisposed to behave in certain ways: situational approach characteristics of the organizational setting influence people"s attitudes and behavior. Interactionist approach an individual"s attitudes and behavior are a function of both dispositions and the situation. Trait activation theory, traits lead to certain behaviours only when the situation makes the need for the trait salient. Personality characteristics influence people"s behavior when the situation calls for a particular personality characteristic. Fit: putting the right person in the right job, group, or organization and exposing different employees to different management styles. Big five or five-factor model provides framework for classifying personality characteristics in five general categories. The five-factor model of personality (ffm: extraversion. People who score high tend to be sociable, outgoing, energetic, assertive etc. People who score low (introverts) avoid social situations. Important for jobs that require a lot of interpersonal interaction (ex.
