Exam 1- Ch. 5

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personality

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the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personalities

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Extroverted or Introverted (E/I)
Sensing or Intuitive (S/N)
Thinking or Feeling (T/F)
Judging or Perceiving (J/P)

Participants are classified within four scales to determine 1 of 16 possible personality types

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Extroverted or Introverted (E/I)

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Extroverts who tend to be sociable and assertive Introverts who tend to be quiet and shy.

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Sensing or Intuitive (S/N)

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Sensors are practical and orderly
Intuits utilize unconscious processes.

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Thinking or Feeling (T/F)

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Thinking focuses on using reason and logic
Feeling utilizes values and emotions.

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Judging or Perceiving (J/P)

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Judgers want order and structure
Perceivers are more flexible and spontaneous.

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Myers-Briggs weakness

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These categories, while insightful, are not related to job performance.

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Big Five personality model and demonstrated how the traits are relevant to OB.

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Relevance to OB:
Self-monitoring
 Adjusts behavior to meet external, situational factors
Risk Taking
 Willingness to accept risk
Proactive Personality
 Identifies opportunities, shows initiative, takes action and perseveres
Other Orientation
 Pay me back vs. pay me forward

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Values

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basic convictions that make judgments about what is the best mode of conduct or end-state of existence.

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importance of values

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sets the foundation for many work outcomes such as attitudes, motivation and behavior also, it influence an individual’s perception and cloud their objectivity

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terminal values

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the desired values/goals a person would like to keep/achieve through their lifetime.
Ex. A comfortable life (a prosperous life)
Equality (brotherhood, equal opportunity for all)
Family security (taking care of loved ones)

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Instrumental values

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preferred modes of behavior or means of achieving one’s terminal values.
Ex. Ambitious (hard working, aspiring)
Clean (neat, tidy)
Forgiving (willing to pardon others)

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Hofstede’s five value dimensions of national culture

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Power
Individualism vs. collectivism
Masculinity and femininity
Uncertainty avoidance
Long-term orientation vs. Short-term orientation

** Refer to page 76-77 for chart!!

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Power

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distance is the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally
1. Low-distance occurs: relatively equal power between those with status and wealth and those without
2. Higher distance: unequal power distribution between groups.

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individualism vs. collectivism

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1. Individualism: degree to which people prefer to act on their own rather than in a group.
2. Collectivism: people operate within a social framework where they help others out and they expect help when they need it.

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masculinity and femininity

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Masculinity: culture prefers achievement, power and control vs. characteristics that are more feminine in nature.

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Uncertainty avoidance:

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extent to which a society is willing to live with uncertainty and ambiguity.
1. High uncertainty avoidance: cultures will try to avoid ambiguous situations as much as possible.
2. Lower uncertainty avoidance: cultures do not mind ambiguity.

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Long-term orientation vs. Short-term orientation

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1. Long-term orientation: societies will emphasize the future and what it takes to get to the future they desire, thrift and persistence.
2. Short-term orientation societies will emphasize the here and now.

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The GLOBE framework

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nine dimensions of national culture
- similar to Hofstede’s model but adds the humane and performance orientations
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The GLOBE framework:

humane orientation and performance orientation

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1. humane orientation looks at how much society rewards people for being altruistic and kind
2. performance orientation looks at how much society encourages and rewards good work.