KYKOLOGY – The Psychology of Knowing Other (John)

Using Case Study

Below is a sample of case-study on how to identify the KYKO personality of John in a work
setting.

Case study 1:
John is a hardworking and committed employee. He likes challenging job and is willing to work
late to get his job done. John prefers to work alone. He dislikes people telling him how to do his
job. “Tell me what to do and I will do it well for you” is his policy. He is proud of his
achievement and often likes to project himself on his contributions to the company. He is a
person who wants to take credits that is due to him. However, once in a while John comes late
for work. He does not seem to be bothered about what others remarked. John commented to his
colleague, “Let them say what they like, it is their mouth. I don’t feel guilty about what they say.
What is important to me is I get the job done on time.”

John is hardworking and committed – High Self-Actualizing traits

He likes challenging job – High Egocentric trait

John prefers to work alone. – Low Sociocentric trait

He is willing to work late to get his job done – High Self-Actualizing trait

John dislikes people telling him how to do the job – High Egocentric trait

He is proud of his achievement – Egocentric trait

Tell me what to do and I will do well for you – Self-Actualizing trait

He likes to project himself for his contributions to the company – Egocentric trait

He is a person who wants to take credit that is due to him – Egocentric trait

Once in a while John comes late – Low Security trait

He is not bothered about what others say about his tardiness – Low Sociocentric trait

Let them say what they like, it’s their mouth – Low Complexity trait

I don’t feel guilty about what they say. What is important is I get the job done on time – High
Self-Actualizing trait
 The dimensions of John’s KYKO personality profile are: HSA+HE+LSO+LSE+LC
 High Self-Actualizing trait
 High Egocentric trait
 Low Sociocentic trait
 Low Security trait
 Low Manipulative trait

Spider web of Johns’s KYKO personality profile.

SA
C

SE
E
CODE

SA = SELF-ACTUALIZATION

SE = SECURITY

SO = SOCSIOCENTRIC

E = EGOCENTRIC SO
C = COMPLEXITY

Interpretation of John’s KYKO Personality spider web

Interpretation:
HSA
Hardworking, Committed, Willing to work late, Will give his best
HE
Likes challenges, Pride, Projects himself, Wants recognition
LSO
Asocial, Prefers to work alone
LSE – High risk taker, Prefers empowerment
LC – Direct and blunt

Summary of John’s attributes

 A good employee
 Work well with empowerment
 Like challenging and important job
 Need job with a variety of skills
 Prefers to work alone rather as a team -like to own the job
 Need to enrich and enlarge his job
 Motivated by both intrinsic and extrinsic reward
 Trustworthy, dependable and reliable
 Wants freedom, resent being controlled
 Emotionally stable though could be insensitive to others’ feelings
 Quick in decision making, high risk taker
 Blunt and straight forward