BADM 7070 Chapter : Mid Term Study Guide
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Badm 7070 organizational behavior mid-term study guide: big five research: what makes some conscientious individuals more flexible and some conscientious individuals more dependable, some conscientious individuals can be highly disagreeable. Highly disagreeable people may be unreasonably demanding, inflexible, curt, and generally difficult to deal with. This can impact their performance negatively when interdependence is required in performing one"s job functions: facets of the conscientiousness domain were predictive of adaptability. Specifically, individuals who score high on the achievement facets (competence, achievement strivings, and self-discipline-proactive) are more likely to be adaptable than those who score high on the dependability facets (order, dutifulness, and deliberation-inhibitive). In terms of extraversion, it seems opposites attract. Extraverts are attracted to introvert teams and introverts are attracted to extravert teams: dissimilarity is preferable on dominance-submissiveness because it establishes a reciprocal relationship in which both sides have their needs met. The extravert speaks which invites the introvert to listen.
