Type A Personality

Strengths Weaknesses

Embraces change Stubborn

Take-charge Workaholic
Fast-paced Impatient
Ambitious Abrupt
Passionate Easily angered
Dominant Insensitive
Highly competitive Ill-tempered
Multitasking Intolerant
 Type B Personality

Strengths W eaknesses
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• Friendliness • Doesn1't finish whal was

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• Charismalic
• Sh0rl, atten'lian span
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• Arrogant
• People-oriented • E.asny bored
• Sponta1neous
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• Self~confident • Procrastination1
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 INTRODUCTION
Workers are not victims of their environments

Actively seek compatible work environments

Personality and the work environment should fit

, Individual will enjoy the work

Develop and grow in the career

 INTRODUCTION
c Six themes of people and work environments

o Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social,

Enterprising, and Conventional

Based on intrinsic differences in personality

Fit between job & personality lead to

satisfaction

Less likely to voluntarily resign

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Investigative

Enterprising Artistic

Social
 REALISTIC - ''DO-ER''

o Likes to work with animals, tools, machines

Avoids social activities like teaching, healing

o Has skills of mechanical or electrical drawings

o Values practical things to see, touch, and use

o Sees self as practical, mechanical & realistic

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 INVESTIGATIVE - UTHINKER"

o Likes to study an1d solve math or scienice

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o Sees s e1r·as precise, s1cientific & initellect.ual

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ARTISTIC - "CREATOR

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 SOCIAL - ''HELPER''

r Likes to do things to help people - like,

teaching , nursing, or giving first aid

Avoids using machines, tools , or animals

Values helping people and solving social

problems

Sees self as helpful, friend ly & trustworthy

ENTERPRISING - "PERSUADER"

Likes to lead and persuade people, sell

things and ideas

Avoids activities with careful observation

and scientific, analytical thinking

Values success in politics , leadership, or

business

Sees self as energetic, ambitious & sociable

CONVENTIONAL - ''ORGANIZER''

Likes to work with numbers, records, or

machines in a set, orderly way

Avoids ambiguous & unstructured activities

Good at working with written records and

numbers

Sees self as orderly, and good at following

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Holland's Theory of Personality-Job Fit
Type Personality Occupations
Mechanic, Fanner,
Realistic Shy, Stable, Practical
Assembly-Line Worker
Biologist, Economist,
Investigative Analytical, Independent
Mathematician
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Social Worker,
Social Sociable, Cooperative
Teacher, Counselor
Accountant, Manager,
Conventional Practical, Efficient
Bank Teller

Enterprising Ambitious, Energetic Lawyer, Salesperson

Painter, Writer,
Artistic Imaginative, Idealistic
Musician
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