PERSONALITY

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WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

The overall profile or

combination of characteristics
that capture the unique nature of
a person reacts and interacts with
others
Combine a set of physical and
mental characteristics that reflect
how a person looks thinks act
and feels
Predictable relationships are
expected between peoples
Personalities and their behaviors

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NATURE OF PERSONALITY
Personality refers to the set of traits and
behaviors that characterize an individual
Personality has both (thoughts values
and genetic characteristics that is inferred
from observable behaviors) and external (
observable behaviors) elements
Personality of an individual is relatively
stable in nature
Personality is both inherited as well as it
can be shaped by the environment

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 Different individuals have different
behavioral patterns
Inner psychological characteristics that
reflects how a person responds to
environment
Personality changes in response to
events and as a part of maturing process

IMPORTANCE OF PERSONALITY IN
OB
Law of behavior “people are different ’’
To ensure high performing employees in
an organization
To manage workforce diversity
Summarizing persons behaviors and
attitudes in relation to a wide range of events
Personality is useful in pretending and
understanding the general feelings thoughts
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and behaviors of individuals at the
workplace

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PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS

HEREDITY:
Refers to those factors that were determined at
conception physical structure, facial
attractiveness, gender, temperament, energy
level etc

ENVIRONMENT:
Among the factors that exert pressures on our
personality formation are the culture in which
we are raised our early conditioning, the norms
among our family, friends and social group etc.

SITUATTION:
A third, the situation, influences the effects of
heredity and environment on personality. An
individual generally stable and consistent does
changes in different situations.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

Include our motives acquired

interests, our attitudes, our will and
character, our intellectual, capacities such as
intelligence i.e the abilities to perceive, to
observe, to imagine, to think and to reason

Determine our reactions in various

situations and thus effects our personality,
growth and direction

Individual with will power able to

make decisions more quickly than others

Intelligence and mental functioning

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 Interests and attitudes

Level of aspiration and achievement

motivation

Will power

Emotional and temperamental make

up

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PROACTIVE PERSONALITY
Identifies opportunities shows initiative takes
action and perseveres until meaningful change
occur.
Creates positive change in the environment
regardless or even in spite of

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PERSONALITY TYPES

Type A TYPE B

1 Are always 1 Never suffer

moving walking from time
and eating urgency with its
rapidly accompanying
impatience
2 Feel impatient 2 Feel no need to
with the rate at display or
which most discuss either
even take place their
achievements or
accomplishments
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3 Strive think or 3 Play for fun
do two or more and relaxation
thing at once any rather than
to exhibit their
superiority at
any cost

BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS :

1. EXTRAOVERSION
This is trait include characteristics such as
excitability, sociability, talkativeness,
assertiveness, and high amount of emotional
expressiveness.
Sociable gregarious and assertive
I love excitement and am cheerful person

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 2 AGREEABLENESS
This personality dimensions includes attributes
such as trust, kindness, affection, and other
prosaically behaviors.
Good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
People find me warm and generous and selfless.

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3 CONSCIENTIONUSNESS
Common features of this dimension include
high levels of thoughtfulness, with good
impulse control and global –directed behaviors
Responsible, dependable, persistent, and
organized.
People find me reliable and I keep my house
clean.

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4 EMOTIONAL STABLITY:
Individuals as high in this trait tend to
experience emotional instability, anxiety,
moodiness, irritability and sadness

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 5 OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
This trait features characteristics such as
imagination and insight and those high in this
trait also tend to have broad Range of interests.
I am very curios person and I enjoy challenges
Imaginativeness, artistic, sensitivity, and
intellectualism.

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WHAT IS PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
Personality is the combination of behavior
emotion, motivation, and thought pattern that
define and individual. Personality psychology
attempt to study similarities and differences in
these patterns among different people and
groups

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HERE ARE EIGHTH WAYS CAN
DEVELOP STRONG PERSONALITY
TRAITS
 Listen first but remember to speak up first
 Lets your actions speak for you
 Accept praise but always give credit
 Stop seeking approval from others
 Get out of your head
 Be present
 Build up the around you
 Embrace your short comings

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PERSONALITY PSYCHOSEXUAL
DEVELOPMENT
 Freud’s stages of psychosexual development
 Oral stage (birth to 8 months)
 Anal stage (18 months to 3 years)
 Latency stage ( age 6 to puberty)
 Genital stage (puberty on)

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AT WHAT AGE IS YOUR PERSONALITY
DEVELOPED ?
During early childhood (ages 2-6) children gain
some sense of being separated and independent
from their parents. According to erikson, the
task of preschoolers is to develop autonomy or
self direction (ages 1-3) as well as initiative or
enterprise (ages 3-6)

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WHY DO WE NEEED PERSONALITY?
A person personality is defined by their
characteristics, behaviors, thoughts, and
feelings. The significance of this understanding
is that you can still do something about your
personality today which means that if you think
your personality needs to be changed or
improved then you can make this happen.

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CAN A PERSONALITY CHANGE ?
To conclude your basic personality tpe canno
change however, you can (and should) and
change the aspect of your personality that you
are unhappy with. By doing this you will
strength your shadow traits and become a more
well- rounded individual even though your
dominant traits will still remain the same.

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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

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