Agreeableness

Ethics within groups is a contentious topic that has continued to elicit mixed reactions from different stakeholders. All the major ethical issues related to individual counseling are also applicable in group therapy, but these issues might be more complex in group therapy because of significant differences that exist between the two modalities. Counselors and other professionals dealing with groups must thus be aware of the different ethical issues that might affect the manner in which they…

Personality derives from a variety of perspectives. Yet, that doesn’t mean we all have the same personality, that’s just not the norm. Psychology 313 has suggested to me that my personality is not just what I show people on a daily basis, it’s far more than that. From my own perspective, I would prefer to call myself divergent. I’m not just “different”, I’m one of my own. It’s not uncommon to say that personality derives from your past experiences and life right off the bat. I can personally say…

There are four neighborhoods that affect your personal outcome are the social cohesion, social control, spatial mismatch, and environmental hazards. In addition “Where you live profoundly shapes who you are. “I would go as far as to argue that what is truly American is not so much the individual, but neighborhood inequality,” (Robert J.) Some people may think that neighborhoods may not define who you are, but clearly a neighborhood is defining who you are because how your neighborhood…

In the Movie Shrek, a green ogre named Shrek lives in a swamp, isolated from a village and it’s people. He is first introduced as an isolated and angry ogre, who spends his time alone in his swamp or terrorizing local villagers. His beloved swamp is then invaded by fairytale creatures because of Lord Farquaad, who says he will only remove them if Shrek saves a princess named Fiona. Fiona is trapped in a tower, guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. So, Shrek and a donkey set out on a journey to…

the relation between job performance and psychometric tests (r= .24), and confirmed the validity of using personality scale for employee selection. Moreover, Ashton (1998) found that overall workplace misbehavior scale was strongly related to agreeableness (r= -.25) and conscientiousness (r= -.30) scales in the big five personality scales, however this correlation was not obtained in emotion stability scale. In the current research, the correlation is stronger than both abovementioned studies,…

Leadership Introduction of leadership While studying on leadership, I observed a number of opportunities to presence and explore the content and activities of leadership. I will try to identify the particular meaning of leadership and its theories. I will begin with the meaning of leadership that is an influence between the one lead person who does the right things and he has an ability to control the direction, built an inspiring vision, and always try to create something new. Moreover, he has…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize my findings from Project 2 of this course. To begin my work on Project 2, I completed a variety of personality assessments through the McGraw-Hill Connect website. Through these assessments, I was able to gain valuable insights about myself, my ability to work with others, and my experiences and needs in an organizational setting. In general, I learned that I should strive to be more extroverted and friendly with my co-workers in order to improve my…

Introduction Teams consist of members who coordinate their work towards the achievement of a common goal. Therefore, as a manager, it is imperative to understand what characteristics have the potential to influence team performance. The purpose of this report is to present and discuss factors that influence team functioning and performance to maximise team effectiveness. This analysis focuses heavily on the composition and management stages of the team building process, as the research…

The movie On Golden Pond demonstrates the peaceful and tranquil life of the owners of a lake house in New England. The long-married owners, Norman and Ethel, are retired and are seeking to continue their long-lived summer traditions of fishing, board games, and fellowship. Norman is portrayed as a grumpy seventy-year-old European American with a fear and anxiety of death, which he manages through morbid humor. Ethel is shown as an optimistic sixty-year-old European American with a lively…

When looking for a possible interviewee, I discovered that my brother-in-law used to be a manager for Blockbuster’s sales team before it closed down. He had been a manager there for over 6 years, and supervised between five and ten employees each shift. He had no formal training program before he was hired, but throughout the hiring process they gave him a variety of modules to complete before he could work there. As helpful as it was, he felt that it didn’t help him manage more effectively.…