Organisational Behaviour

Personality
Model

The dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychological

systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment Gordon
Allport
The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with
others

Personality appears to be a
result of both hereditary
and environmental factors.

Measuring personality

Personality Traits of the

person

Identify and classify traits

The Big Five Personality Model

2) Conscientiousness
Conscientiousness Measure of reliability.
A conscientious person is one who does his work well and thoroughly.
Features of a conscientious personality :
1) Organized and dependable
2) Focussed
3) Planned Action Methodical Planning and perseverance
4) Perfectionist Mentality
5) Obsessive and inflexible
6) Low conscientiousness Flexible, spontaneous but perceived to be clumsy

Sub traits of Conscientiousness

Personality traits consist of sub traits
that mould the personality. The sub
traits of Conscientiousness are :
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

Self efficacy
Orderliness
Dutifulness
Achievement Striving
Self Discipline
Cautiousness

There are several examples of

conscientious people who have done
exceedingly well in life because of their

NEUROTICISM
Tendency to experience unpleasant emotions
easily.

Low level of neuroticism indicates emotional

stability.

Neuroticism is interlinked with low tolerance

for stress or aversive stimuli.
It affects a persons abilityto think clearly,
make decisions, and cope effectively with
stress.
Lacking contentment in one's life
achievements can correlate with high
neuroticism scores

Neuroticism has six facets:

ANXIETY

DEPRESSION

HOSTILITY

IMPULSIVENESS

SELF-CONSCIOUS

VULNERABILITY

Inferences

Do the emotionally stable teamDo the extrovert and

Members work more
outgoing team members
efficiently ?
progress faster compared to
others ?

96 %
Agree

4%
Disagree

76 %
Agreed

24 %
Disagree

o the agreeable and good-natured

Are the dependable,organized an
am members perform betterpersistent employees
an their peers ?
better team players ?

86 %
Agree

14 %
Disagree

86 %
Agree

14 %
Disagree

Creative people are more beneficial for

the team as well as organization.

93 %
Agree

7%
Disagree

Rate the personality traits which are most

commonly found in your project/work team ?

Traits an employee should

possess

Openness to Experience
General appreciation for art, emotions, adventure, unusual ideas,
imagination, curiosity & variety of experience
Intellectually Curious, appreciative of art & sensitive to beauty
High openness perceived as unpredictability/ lack of focus
Low openness perceived as
Hold unconventional beliefs.

FACETS
Imagination

Willing to experience

Use fantasy to create richer, more

interesting world

Eager to try new activities and experience

different things

Artistic interest

Intellectual curiosity

Love beauty, both in art & nature

Enjoys riddles, puzzles & brain teasers

Depth of emotion

Tolerance for diversity

Good access & awareness of feelings

Ready to challenge authority, convention

& traditional values