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1. Individual Differences
PERSONALITY

3. Individual Differences and Diversity
 Individual differences- dimensions along which people differ from each other
 Diversity- surface-level and deep-level
 Sources of Diversity?

4. Foundation Components of Individual
Differences
Self
Awareness
Self
concept
Self
efficacy
Self
esteem
Awareness
of others

5. Johari Window

6. able
accepting
calm
independent
clever
adaptable
bold
dependable
giving
energetic
confident
cheerful
extrovert
complex
brave
friendly
happy
idealistic
ingenious
intelligent
introvert
kind
logical
mature
modest
nervous
organized
patient
powerful
proud
quiet
relaxed
religious
self
conscious
sensible
smart
tense
warm
wise
trust
worthy
witty
sympathetic

7. Meaning of Personality
 Concept of deep-level diversity
 Personality will mean 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.
 Traits are the fundamental units of study for personality

8. Determinants of Personality
Biological
Factors
Family and
Social Factors
Situational
Factors
Environmental
Factors

9.  A coward and a physically frail person might occasionally act bravely to save
the life of his close one is an example of which factor of personality?
a) Biological
b) Situational
c) Environmental

10. Measurement of Personality
 Managers need to know how to measure personality.
 Personality tests are useful in hiring decisions and help managers forecast who is
best for a job.
 The most common means of measuring personality is through self-report
surveys.
 Some projective techniques are also used like- TAT, WAT, sentence completion
test, inkblot test
 Objective techniques- rating scale, observation

11. The “Big Five” Personality Traits

12. Know your Big Five inventory!

13. How Big five predicts behavior at work

14. Guess the following?
Trait Factor
One who is very curious
One who likes to take control
One who likes to work hard
One who is very fun-loving
One who is most trustworthy
One who is always nervous
One who is very daring
One who is very systematic
One who is a chatterbox among all
One who is very humble

15. 2015 – 16 © FLAME University
Some other personality traits at work

16. Choose A or B for each item:
1. a. Becoming a success is a matter of hard work; luck has
little or nothing to do with it.
b. Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the
right place at the right time.
2. a. The average citizen can have an influence in
government decisions.
b. This world is run by the few people in power, and there
is not much the little guy can do about it.
Beyond the Book:
What’s Your Locus of Control?

17. 3. a. As far as world affairs are concerned, most of us are the
victims of forces we can neither understand nor control.
b. By taking an active part in political and social affairs,
people can control world events.
4. a. With enough effort we can wipe out political corruption.
b. It is difficult for people to have much control over the
things politicians do in office.
Scoring Key:
The internal locus of control answers are: 1a, 2a, 3b, 4a
The external locus of control answers are: 1b, 2b, 3a, 4b
Beyond the Book:
What’s Your Locus of Control?

18. Traits derailing your career
Source: Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2017) Could Your Personality Derail Your Career? Harvard Business Review.

19. Traits that could derail your career
Source: Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2017) Could Your Personality Derail Your Career? Harvard Business Review.

20. The Jung Theory Dimensions and the
Meyers-Briggs Type Indicators

21. The Jung Theory Dimensions and the
Meyes-Briggs Type Indicators

22. Know your MBTI type!