Personality and Values
Personality and Values
Personality and Values
VALUES
Chapter 5
Topics to Cover
What is personality
Defining personality and measuring personality
Personality Determinants
Heredity
The Myers-Briggs type indicator
The Big Five personality model
How do the big five traits predict behavior
Other personality traits:
Machiavelism, Risk Taking, Type A personality (Type B as well), Proactive
personality
Values
Definition, the importance of values
Terminal VS Instrumental values- Rockeach value survey
Exhibit 5-5
Person-Job Fit, Person-Organization Fit
Global Implications
What is Personality?
Personality Traits
Enduring characteristics that describe an
individual’s behavior
The more consistent the characteristic
and the more frequently it occurs in
diverse situations, the more important
the trait.
Two dominant frameworks used to
describe personality:
Myers-Briggs Types Indicator (MBTI)
Big Five Model
The Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator
The Types and Their Uses
The Big Five Model of Personality
Dimensions
How Do the Big Five Traits Predict
Behavior?
Other Personality Traits Relevant to OB