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25 Cards in this Set
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When hiring employees, companies are interested in
assessing at least two types of fit |
Person–job fit
Person–organization fit |
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Person–organization fit
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refers to the degree to which a person’s values, personality,
goals, and other characteristics match those of the organization |
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Person–job fit
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is the degree to which a
person’s skill, knowledge, abilities, and other characteristics match the job demands |
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Values
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refer to stable life goals that people have, reflecting
what is most important to them |
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Rokeach Value Survey
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One of the most established surveys
to assess individual values This survey lists 18 terminal and 18 instrumental values in alphabetical order |
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Terminal values
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refer to end states people
desire in life, such as leading a prosperous life and a world at peace |
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Instrumental values
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deal with views on acceptable
modes of conduct, such as being honest and ethical, and being ambitious |
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Personality
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Personality encompasses the relatively stable feelings,
thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has. |
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Big Five Personality Traits
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Openness
Conscientiousness Extroversion Agreeableness Neuroticism |
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Openness
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is the degree to which a person is curious,
original, intellectual, creative, and open to new ideas |
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Conscientiousness
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refers to the degree to which a person is
organized, systematic, punctual, achievement oriented, and dependable |
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Extraversion
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is the degree to which a person is outgoing,
talkative, and sociable, and enjoys being in social situations |
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Agreeableness
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is the degree to which a person is nice,
tolerant, sensitive, trusting, kind, and warm |
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Neuroticism
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refers to the degree to which a person is
anxious, irritable, aggressive, temperamental, and moody |
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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MBTI measures types
It is all a matter of degrees 16 unique personality types |
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Positive affective
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people experience positive moods more frequently
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negative affective
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experience negative moods with greater frequency
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Self-monitoring
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refers to the extent to which a person is capable of monitoring his or her actions and appearance in social situations
people who are social monitors are social chameleons who understand what the situation demands and act accordingly, while low social monitors tend to act the way they feel |
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Proactive personality
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refers to a person’s inclination to fix what is perceived as wrong, change the status quo, and use initiative to solve problems
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Self-Esteem
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Self-esteem is the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about his or herself.
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Self-Efficacy
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is a belief that one can perform a specific task successfully
Research shows that the belief that we can do something is a good predictor of whether we can actually do it |
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Locus of Control
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deals with the degree to which people feel
accountable for their own behaviors |
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high internal locus of control
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believe that they control their
own destiny and what happens to them is their own doing |
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highexternal locus of control
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feel that things happen to them because of other people, luck, or a powerful being
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Personality
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encompasses the relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has
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