Questions and CORRECT Answers
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER - how people affect others and how they understand
and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable traits and the person-
situation interaction
self-concept - CORRECT ANSWER - people's attempts to understand themselves
self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER - people's self-perceived competence and self-image
person-situation interaction - CORRECT ANSWER - each situation is different. People are
not static, acting the same in all situations, but instead are ever changing and flexible.
organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) - CORRECT ANSWER - self perceived value that
individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within organization context
socialization process - CORRECT ANSWER - personality development consists of a
continuous process and sequence based largely on learning opportunities and the continuous
impact from the social environment
successful organizational socialization includes: - CORRECT ANSWER - challenging first
job
relevant training
timely and consistent feedback
right person in charge of socialization
relaxed orientation program
work groups with high morale
, "Big five" personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER - extraversion, agreeableness,
conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience
extraversion - CORRECT ANSWER - sociable, outgoing, talkative, assertive
higher extraversion; more management/sales success; more absenteeism
agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWER - cooperative, warm, caring, courteous
Higher conscientiousness; strongest positive correlation with job performance, higher goal
setting, take on more responsibility, less absent
emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWER - calm, secure, happy, unworried
high emotional stability, tied to job performance, better in stressful situation
openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWER - curious, intellectual, creative, flexible
higher openness to experience, job training proficiency, have strategic management style
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - CORRECT ANSWER - based on four dimensions of traits:
extraversion vs. introversion
sensing vs. intuiting
thinking vs. feeling
judging vs. perceiving
Extraversion vs. Introversion - CORRECT ANSWER - how people prefer to focus their
energies
sensing vs intuiting - CORRECT ANSWER - how people give attention and collect info
thinking vs. feeling - CORRECT ANSWER - how people process and evaluate
information and make decisions