ORGS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trait Theory, Negative Affectivity, Deductive Reasoning

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 1000
• Professor: John Paschakis

Document Summary

Personality: the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour; personality reflects what people are like and creates their social reputation: captures what people are like. Traits: reoccurring trends in people"s responses to their environment. The big five taxonomy (5 personalities: conscientiousness. Dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hard-working and persevering. Conscientious employees prioritize accomplishment striving, which reflects a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality. Desire to finish work tasks, channel a high proportion of their efforts toward those tasks, and work harder and longer on task assignments. Dimension of personality reflecting traits like being kind, cooperative sympathetic, helpful, courteous and warm. Prioritize communion striving, which reflects a strong desire to obtain acceptance in personal relationships as a means of expressing personality. Beneficial in some positions and detrimental in others.