BUS 2090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Externals, Albert Bandura, Everytime
2 Feb 2013
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Personality: the relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influence the way a person interacts w/ his environment. A persons personality summarizes their style of deal w/ the world. It consists of a number of dimensions & traits that are determined in a complex way by genetic predisposition & by learning history. Its relatively stable but can change through learning. In the beginning it was believed personality was important factor in many areas of organizational behaviour such as motivation, attitudes, performance and leadership. After ww2 personality tests were used to select military personal & in 1950s became popular in business organizations. Focuses on a persons dispositions & personality. Says people possess stable traits that influence their attitudes/behaviours. Says people are predisposed to behave a certain way. Says characteristics of the organization setting (rewards/punishments etc. ) influence people"s thought, feelings, attitudes & behaviour. Over years people have debated these approaches in the person-situation debate.
