BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Organizational Behavior, Conscientiousness, Job Performance
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An approach to organizational behaviour focuses on individual dispositions and personality. Individuals posses stable traits or characteristics that influence their attitudes and behaviours - predisposed to behave in certain ways: failed to support the usefulness of personality as a predictor of organizational behaviour and job performance. Characteristics of the organizational setting influence people"s attitudes and behavior, such as rewards and punishment. Individuals" attitudes and behavior are a function of both dispositions and the situation: one of the most important implications of the interactionist perspective is that some personality characteristics are useful in certain organizational situations. Conscientiousness: the degree to which a person is responsible and achievement oriented. More conscientious people are dependable and positively motivated likely to perform well on most jobs given their tendency toward hard work and achievement. Agreeableness: the extend to which person is friendly and approachable more agreeable people are warm, considerate, altruistic, friendly, sympathetic, cooperative, and eager to help others.
