MAN 3025 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, Job Security
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Personality - interaction of your genes and your environment. How outgoing, talkative, sociable, and assertive a person is: agreeableness. How trusting, good-natured, cooperative, and soft-hearted one is: conscientiousness. How dependable, responsible, achievement-oriented, and persistent one is: emotional stability. How relaxed, secure, and unworried one is: openness to experience. How intellectual, imaginative, curious, and broad-minded one is. You are a good worker if you score well and may have a proactive personality, someone who is more apt to take initiative and persevere to influence the environment. They also are more satisfied with their job and committed to their employer. Personality tests for workplace: personality tests are used to hire managers. Many don"t think they are a valid predictor of job performance because the people don"t describe themselves accurately, and the tests have limited validity. Some use games to assess cognitive ability and decision making.
