MGT 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positive Psychological Capital, Machiavellianism, Job Satisfaction
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Degree people pragmatic, emotionally distant & believe ends justifies the means. Ability to adjust behaviour to external situational factors = adaptable. Impression management: control impression others form of you. Proactive personality: identify oppt. , show initiative, take action & persevere until meaningful change. Resilience: overcome challenges & turn the into oppt. Country"s culture influences dominant personality characteristics e. g. control environ. Emotions: intense feeling directed at someone, or reactions to object/ emotion-provoking stimuli due to personality or job requirements. Emotional intelligence: notice & manage emotional cues & info, incl: self-awareness: of feelings, self-management: of emotions & impulses, self-motivation: persist during setbacks/failures, empathy: how others feeling, social skills: handle others" emotions. John holland: job satisfaction & retention depends on personality matching occupational environ. Org & interpreting sensory impressions to give meaning to environ. Due to perceiver, target (object perceived) or situation (context) Influence by personal characteristics:, motives, interests, experiences, expectations.
