COMM 222 Final: COMM222-Summaries

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 222
• Professor: Karim Boulos

Document Summary

Lo2. 1 define personality & discuss its general role in influencing organizational behaviour. Lo2. 2 describe the dispositional, situational, and interactionist approach to organizational behaviour and trait activation theory. Personality is the relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way an individual interacts with his/her environment. It is reflected in the way people react to other people, situations, & problems. Dimensions & traits/attributes that are determined by genetic predisposition & one"s log-term learning history. The role of personality in organizational behaviour has often been debated in what is known as the. Person-situation debate. this has led to three approaches: Dispositional approach (disposition and personality) : individuals possess stable traits/attributes or characteristics that influence their attitudes and behaviours (from within) . Individuals are predisposed to behave in certain ways. Situational approach: characteristics of the organizational setting such as rewards and punishment influence people"s feelings, attitudes and behaviour (from environment) .