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    Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

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    The document discusses factors that influence individual behavior including personality, values, motivation, ability, role perceptions, situational factors, and emotions. It presents the MARS model which shows how these factors interact to determine individual behavior and results. It defines personality and the nature vs nurture debate. The five-factor personality model is described which categorizes personality into conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extroversion. The relationship between these personality factors and organizational behavior is also summarized.

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    The document discusses factors that influence individual behavior including personality, values, motivation, ability, role perceptions, situational factors, and emotions. It presents the MARS model which shows how these factors interact to determine individual behavior and results. It defines personality and the nature vs nurture debate. The five-factor personality model is described which categorizes personality into conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extroversion. The relationship between these personality factors and organizational behavior is also summarized.

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    The document discusses factors that influence individual behavior including personality, values, motivation, ability, role perceptions, situational factors, and emotions. It presents the MARS model which shows how these factors interact to determine individual behavior and results. It defines personality and the nature vs nurture debate. The five-factor personality model is described which categorizes personality into conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extroversion. The relationship between these personality factors and organizational behavior is also summarized.

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    Individual Behavior,

    Personality, and
    Values
    MARS Model of Individual Behavior

    Situational
    factors
    Values Motivation

    Personality
    Perceptions Individual
    Ability behavior and
    Emotions results
    Attitudes
    Stress Role
    perceptions

    2-2
    Employee Motivation

     Internal forces that affect a person’s


    voluntary choice ofbehavior
    • direction
    • intensity
    • persistence

    S
    M
    A BAR

    2-3
    Employee Ability

     Natural aptitudes and learned capabilities


    required to successfully complete a task
     Competencies  personal characteristics that
    lead to superior performance
     Person  job matching
    • selecting
    • developing S
    M
    • redesigning
    A BAR

    2-4
    Role Perceptions

     Beliefs about what behavior is required to


    achieve the desired results:
    • understanding what tasks to perform
    • understanding relative importance of tasks
    • understanding preferred
    behaviors to accomplish tasks

    S
    M

    A BAR

    2-5
    Situational Factors

     Environmental conditions beyond the


    individual’s short-term control that constrain
    or facilitate behavior
    • time
    • people
    • budget
    • work facilities S
    M

    A BAR

    2-6
    Defining Personality

     Relatively enduring pattern of thoughts,


    emotions, and behaviors that characterize a
    person, along with the psychological
    processes behind those characteristics
    • External traits – observable behaviors
    • Internal states – thoughts, values, etc inferred from
    behaviors
    • Some variability, adjust to suit the situation

    2-7
    Nature vs. Nurture of Personality
     Influenced by Nature
    • Heredity explains about 50 percent of behavioural
    tendencies and 30 percent of temperament
    • Minnesota studies – twins had similar behaviour
    patterns
     Influenced by Nurture
    • Socialization, life experiences, learning also affect
    personality
    • Personality isn’t stable at birth
    • Stabilizes throughout adolescence
    • Executive function steers using our self-concept as
    a guide

    2-8
    Five-Factor Personality Model
    (CANOE)

    Conscientiousness Careful, dependable

    Agreeableness Courteous, caring

    Neuroticism Anxious, hostile

    Openness to Experience Sensitive, flexible

    Extroversion Outgoing, talkative

    2-9
    Five-Factor Personality and
    Organizational Behavior
     Conscientiousness and emotional stability
    • Motivational components of personality
    • Strongest personality predictors of performance
     Extroversion
    • Linked to sales and mgt performance
    • Related to social interaction and persuasion
     Agreeableness
    • Effective in jobs requiring cooperation and helpfulness
     Openness to experience
    • Linked to higher creativity and adaptability to change

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