Personality Evaluation

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Raja Kumar
PGDM 20EMP2-17

Personality: The unique and relatively stable pattern of

behaviour in which any one person is different from all others.

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Defining Personality

Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking,

feeling and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One
is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics,
such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts
of a person come together as a whole.

Measuring Personality

Several methods can be used to assess personality. These include projective tests,
behavioural measures and self-report questionnaires.
The measures of personality in organisational behaviour are explained below: -
The Projective Tests
In these tests, individuals are shown a picture, abstract image, or photo and are
asked to describe what they see or to tell a story about what they see. The rationale
behind projective tests is that each individual responds to the stimulus in a way
that reflects his or her unique personality. The Rorschach inkblot test, Thematic
Apperception test (TAT), sentence completion method are projective tests
commonly used to assess personality. Research evidence concerning the validity
of projective techniques as a whole is very disappointing. Projective tests
continue to suffer from a lack of objectivity in scoring and an absence of adequate
norms. Never the less, in clinical practice, projective tests continue to be popular
and valued diagnostic tool.
Behavioural Measures
There are behavioural measures of personality as well. Using an observational
technique known as behavioural assessment, psychologist can count and record
the frequency of particular behaviours. For example, we might assess a person's
sociability; by counting the number of times he or she approaches strangers at a
party. The behaviour is scored in some manner to produce an index of personality.
Self-Report Questionnaire
The most common method of assessing personality is the self-report
questionnaire. Individuals respond to a series of questions, usually in an agree/
disagree or true/false format. The widely recognized self-report questionnaire are:

Minnesota Multi phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI):

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Minnesota Multi phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI): The MMPI is
comprehensive and assesses a variety of traits, as well as various neurotic or
psychotic disorders. Used extensively in psychological counselling to identify
disorders, the MMPI is a long questionnaire. It is useful in the screening,
diagnosis clinical description of abnormal behaviour, but does not reveal
differences among normal personalities very well.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): Another popular self-report
questionnaire is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is essentially a 100
- question personality test that asks people how they usually feel or act in
particular situations. Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers,
developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to put Jung's type theory into
practical use. The MBTI is used extensively in organizations as a basis for
understanding individual differences. The MBTI has been used in career
counselling, team building, conflict management and understanding management
styles.
Based on the answer’s individuals give to the test, they are classified as -
Extroverted or Introverted (E or I)
Sensing or Intuitive (S or N)
Thinking or Feeling (T or F) and
Perceiving or Judging (P or J)
There are four basic preferences in type theory and two possible choices for each
of the four preferences. The combination of these preferences makes up an
individual's psychological type.

Results of MBTI Test

Characteristic E I S N T F J P
Score 12 3 5 10 4 11 8 7
Result Extraverted (E) Intuitive (N) Feeling (F) Judging (J)

ENFJ, also known as the giver or protagonist personality, is one of the 16

different personality types identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Some
other types are known by the acronyms ESFJ, ENFP, INFP, ISFJ, and INTP.
People with ENFJ personality type are often described as warm, outgoing, loyal,
and sensitive.
Of all the personality types, the ENFJ is often perceived as being the strongest
"people person." They are capable of forging friendships with all personality
types, even with more introverted or reticent individuals.

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Key Personality Characteristics

 I am strong extravert and enjoy spending time with other people.

 I have great people skills and often described as warm, affectionate, and
supportive.
 I am good at encouraging other people and derive personal satisfaction
from helping others.
 I am often so interested in devoting my time to others that I often neglect
my own needs.
 I also have a tendency to be too hard on myself, blaming myself when
things go wrong.
 I am good at bringing consensus among diverse people. For this reason, I
bring enthusiasm to a group which can be motivating and inspirational.

All of the above mentioned characteristics are present in my personality.

Results of FIRO B Test

FIRO B Inclusion Control Affection

Expressed 7 8 6
Wanted 4 7 4

Results of FIRO B test shows 3 main behaviors Expressed Inclusion, Expressed

Control and Expressed Affection.

Expressed Inclusion: I make efforts to include other people in my activities and

to get them to include me in theirs. I try to belong, to join social groups, and to
be with people as much as possible.

Expressed Control: I try to exert control and influence over things. I take charge
of things and tell other people what to do.

Expressed Affection: I make efforts to become close to people. I express friendly

and affectionate feelings and try to be personal and intimate.

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Results of Thomas Kilman Conflict Mode Instrument

Competing Collaborating Compromising Avoiding Accommodating

Characteristic
(Forcing) (Problem Solving) (Sharing) (Withdrawing) (Smoothing)

Score 5 7 7 4 7

I have got higher scores in collaborating, compromising and accommodating

characteristics of Thomas Kilman test.

Collaborating is both assertive and cooperative. When collaborating, an

individual attempts to work with the other person to find a solution that fully
satisfies the concerns of both. It involves digging into an issue to identify the
underlying concerns of the two individuals and to find an alternative that meets
both sets of concerns. Collaborating between two persons might take the form of
exploring a disagreement to learn from each other’s insights, resolving some
condition that would otherwise have them competing for resources, or
confronting and trying to find a creative solution to an interpersonal problem.

Compromising is intermediate in both assertiveness and cooperativeness. When

compromising, the objective is to find an expedient, mutually acceptable solution
that partially satisfies both parties. Compromising falls on a middle ground
between competing and accommodating, giving up more than competing but less
than accommodating. Likewise, it addresses an issue more directly than avoiding
but doesn’t explore it in as much depth as collaborating. Compromising might
mean splitting the difference, exchanging concessions, or seeking a quick middle-
ground position.

Accommodating is unassertive and cooperative—the opposite of competing.

When accommodating, an individual neglects his or her own concerns to satisfy
the concerns of the other person; there is an element of self-sacrifice in this mode.
Accommodating might take the form of selfless generosity or charity, obeying
another person’s order when you would prefer not to, or yielding to another’s
point of view.

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths Weaknesses
Outgoing and warm-hearted Sometimes approval-seeking
Wide social circle Overly sensitive
Encouraging Self-sacrificing
Organized Rigid and uncompromising
Affectionate Overprotective
Persuasive Manipulative

Learnings

I have successfully understood about my personality type. Tests like MBTI, FIRO
B and Thomas Kilman identified my strengths and weaknesses. Now I can work
upon my weaknesses and refine my strengths.

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