3: Trait Affectivity

• Emotions


  discrete reactions (e.g anger,joy) directed towards a specific target or cause
• Moods


  generally a global positive or negative feeling

  usually scattered i.e not focused on a specific cause

  may last for a few moments
• Dispositional(trait) affect


  Presents the overall personality tendency to emotionally respond to situations in predictable ways

  
  

  e.g positive affectivity- the tendency to emotionally respond to situations in predictable ways
• The core self-evaluation(CSE)


  represents a stable personality trait which encompasses an individual's subconsious, fundamental evaluations about themselves, their own abilities and their own control
• self esteem


  extent to which individuals feel good about themselves
• self-efficacy


  how confident one feels about capabilities in specific tasks
• internal locus of control


  feel in control of their lives "they don't blame external factors"
• external locus of control


  feel out of control, blame other factors "things happen to me"
• Neuroticism


  The extent to which a person feel negative emotionally
• people high in CSE tend =


  to be more confident, positive and feel in control compared to those with low CSE- predictor of job satisfaction and performance
• What does CSE influence

  how people perceive their job characteristics
• People with high CSE tend to seek what jobs?


  intrinsically more rewarding jobs- confidence and self-belief performance, people with high CSE look for more satisfying jobs, take on more complex tasks and challenges
• what is high Neuroticism associated with?


  avoidant approach to work tasks, activities and behavioural strategies compared to those with low neuroticism (and concomitantly high on CSE)
• concomitantly defintion


  accompanying, occurring together