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PERSONALITY
Factors
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Have You Ever Wondered Why...
...you feel energetic in some situations and exhausted in others?
...you sometimes find it difficult to convince your boss, colleague, or client?
...you seem to have an unsettling “dark side” that only comes out in rare circumstances?
...your dreams and idealism are so often misunderstood?
...you often contemplate whether you are being true to yourself?
...you find it easier to talk to some people, but not to others?
...you often feel lost when it comes to attracting fulfilling relationships or simply taking the first step?
...you are not quite sure how to reach your full potential in a world that sometimes seems so foreign to you?
...your friends sometimes say you are special and mysterious?
...you have difficulties studying certain subjects?
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. That personality refers to the attributes of an individual which make him or
her different from others.
2. The theories of personality are many, and most important of them are trait,
type, psychoanalytic, social learning,and self-actualization theories. Each
theory seeks to add a new perspective to the nature of the personality.
2. That personality goes through several stages from the infancy to adulthood
stage. Freud, Eric Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Chris Argyris have each
contributed to the shaping up of personality.
3. That heredity, environmental, family, social, and situational factors have
contributed to personality.
4. The “Big five” personality dimensions and Myers-Briggs Indicator seek to
explain the structure of personality.
5. That authoritarianism, machi-avellianism, focus of control, self-esteem,
introversion and extroversion, and achievement orientation are the
important personality traits relevant to OB.
Heredity Environment Situation
It is the sum total of ways in which an individual
reacts or interacts with his environment.
2. Family factors
3. Social factors
4. Cultural Factors
5. Situational Factors
Determinants of Personality
Personality Theories
Psychoanalytic Theories
Socio-psychological Theory
Trait theories
Humanistic Theories
Immaturity-Maturity Theories
Personality Theories
Psychoanalytic Theories-
Intuitive-Thinking Intuitive-Feeling
(Creative, independent, Critical) (Charismatic, People Oriented, and Sociable)