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PERSONALITY THEORY

THE BIG FIVE THEORY

DINKER VAID PGDM 2

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PERSONALITY Is: The set of distinctive traits and characteristics that can be used to compare and contrast individuals.

Why examine personality? self awareness managing others person-job fit

Openness to Experience(intellect, imagination, curiosity, creativity)  Conscientiousness(order, duty, deliberation, self-discipline)  Extraversion(sociability, assertiveness, activity, positive emotions)  Agreeableness(trust, nurturance, kindness, cooperation)  Neuroticism(anxiety, depression, moodiness,vulnerability to stress)

What are the Big Five?

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Openness to Experience

CreativePotential Thrill-seeker

Conventional

More Less

CuriousImaginative

ConservativeDogmatic

Avoids Thrill-Seeking Behaviors

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ConscientiousnessLowHigh

Few GoalsOrganizedSystematic

CarefulCareless

DisorganizedIrresponsible

Many Goals

ResponsibleSelf-disciplined

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ExtraversionExtraversion

SociableTalkative

Potentially Assertive

Energized by social

interaction

Tentative

Drained by social

interaction

Energized by being

alone

Reserved

Introversion

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AgreeablenessHigh Low

Gentle

ForgivingUnderstandingGood-natured

IrritableShort-tempered

Uncooperative Antagonistic

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Emotional StabilityLessMore

Poised ResilientSecure

ReactiveDepressedInsecure

AnxiousCalm

Application of Big Five in Business•Personality assessments are a useful tool in hiring decisions

• Big Five assessments have shown to provide useful predictions of future job performance.

• Big Five can identify perspective qualities of associates for higher management.

• Big Five assists success of high-involvement management by locating combinations of big Five traits likely to provide a foundation for important core competencies.

Weaknesses of Big Five Personality Test

The model is theory-driven rather than determined by empirical inevitability.

The Big Five have repeatedly been found to be non-orthogonal and correlate with each other.

Cannot encompass all of human personalityToo Broad

Not enough clarity over what the factors actually mean. Does not make any advances in getting towards an understanding of what makes up personality.

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