personality

• Personality


  The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. Most often described in terms of measurable traits that a person exhibits.
• Personality determinants


  Personality reflects heredity and environment. Heredity is the most dominant factor.
• Personality (though generally stable and consistent) may change over time/in different situations
• Personality traits


  Permanent characteristics that describe an individual's behavior
• Self-report surveys


  The most common and easiest way to measure personality. Prone to error due to the fact that the individuals are reporting all the data about themselves.
• Observer-ratings Surveys


  Independent assessment. May be more accurate.
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator


  The most widely used personality-assessment instrument in the world. A self-report inventory designed to identify a person's personality type, strengths, and preferences.
• Myers-Briggs personality types


  • Extroverted or Introverted (E/I)
  • Sensing or Intuitive (S/N)
  • Thinking or Feeling (T/F)
  • Judging or Perceiving (J/P)
• The Big Five model of personality


  There are five basic dimensions that underlie all others and encompass most of the significant variations in human personalities: Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness to Experience.
• Core self-evaluation


  The degree to which people like/dislike themselves. Is bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
• Machiavellianism


  A person who tends to be emotionally distant and believes that the ends justify the means. They can be very persuasive in situations where there is direct interaction with minimal rules and people are distracted by emotions.
• Narcissism


  A person with a grandiose view of self, requires excessive admiration, has a sense of self-entitlement and is arrogant.
• Self-monitoring


  Adjusts behavior to meet external, situational factors. High monitors are more likely to become leaders in the workplace.
• Risk taking


  Willingness to accept risk. This quality affects how much time and information managers need to make a decision.
• Type A personality


  A person who tends to be aggressively involved in a chronic, incessant struggle to achieve more and more and in less time.
• Proactive personality


  Identifies opportunities, shows initiative, takes action and perseveres.