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Personality & Dispute Resolution: Nida Mohammad Khan Achakzai
Personality & Dispute Resolution: Nida Mohammad Khan Achakzai
Personality & Dispute Resolution: Nida Mohammad Khan Achakzai
Resolution
A DISAGREEMENT or ARGUMENT
Characteristics
• Individual differences
• Can change
Conscientiousness
(order, duty, deliberation, self-discipline)
Extraversion
(sociability, assertiveness, activity, positive emotions)
Agreeableness
(trust, nurturance, kindness, cooperation)
Neuroticism
(anxiety, depression, moodiness ,vulnerability to stress)
Extroversion
Extroverted people Introverted people
• Energetic • Shy
• Enthusiastic • Retiring
• Dominant • Submissive
• Sociable • Quiet
• Talkative
Agreeableness
Low Agreeableness
• Cold
• Quarrelsome
Conscientiousness
Impulsive Conscientious
• Careless • Cautious
• Disorderly • Dependable
• Undependable • Organized
• Responsible
Neuroticism
Emotionally stable
• Calm
• Contented
Openness
Low on Openness
• Down to earth
• Conventional
• Conformist
• Simple
VDO
Implications for Negation
• Extrovert negotiator would be ambitious and assertive
• Agreeable Negotiators agree too quickly and tend to reduce
individual’s distributive outcomes
• Conscientious negotiators would do through preparation
before and be likely to outperform. (best negotiators)
• Negotiators with high neuroticism are calm and collected.
While low on the dimension would be easily angered and
slow to calm down. (Negotiator must be emotionally stable)
• Negotiators with high openness to experience would be
curious, empathic listeners, high on tolerance and devise
creative solutions to the dispute.
MBTI
Personality Trait instrument developed by Katherine Briggs
& Isabel Briggs in 1950s
1. Introvert – Extrovert
2. Sensing -- Intuiting
3. Thinking – Feeling
4. Perceiving -- Judging
MBTI
1. INTROVERTED OR EXTRAVERTED?
Social Contact
Cont…
FEELERS THINKERS