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Emotions Major Topics
Major Personality Attributes Influencing
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The 16 Personality Factor Model
MBTI (Myers-Briggs type indicator)
The Big Five Model
Role of Emotions at the workplace
Emotional Intelligence
Personality
As said by
Major Personality
Attributes
1. Core Self-Evaluation : People who have positive
core self-evaluation like themselves and see
themselves as effective, capable and in control of
their environment Meanwhile, they will dislike,
question their capabilities themselves if they have
negative core self-evaluation.
There are 2 main kinds:
a. Self-esteem : Individuals degree of liking or
disliking themselves
b. Locus of control : degree to which people
believe they are masters of their own fate
Major Personality
Attributes (cont..)
2. Machiavellianism : People who are Pragmatic and
maintain emotional distance. They believe that ends can
justify means
3. Narcissism : People who are arrogant, they require
excessive admiration
4. Self- Monitoring : People who show considerable
adaptability in adjusting their behavior to external,
situational factors
5. Risk taking : People who have a tendency to engage in
behaviors that have the potential to be harmful or
dangerous, yet at the same time provide the opportunity
for some kind of outcome that can be perceived as positive
Major Personality
Attributes (cont..)
6. Type A Personality : People who are
aggressively involved in a chronic, incessant
struggle to achieve more and more in less and
less time, and ,if required to do so, against the
opposing efforts of other things or other persons.
7. Proactive personality : People who actively
take initiative to improve their current
circumstances or create new ones. They identify
opportunities, show initiative, take actions and
persevere until meaningful change occurs.
The 16 Personality
Factor
Model
Impersonal ,
Distant, cool,
reserved ,
detached, formal,
aloof
Warmth
Outgoing ,
Attentive to others,
Easy going,
Participating
Concrete thinking,
lower general
mental capacity,
less intelligent .
Reasoning
Abstract-thinking,
more intelligent,
bright, higher
general mental
capacity .
Reactive
emotionally,
changeable,
affected by
feelings.
Emotional Stability
Emotionally stable,
adaptive, mature,
faces reality
calmly .
Deferential,
cooperative, avoids
conflict,
submissive.
Dominance
Dominant, forceful,
assertive,
aggressive,
competitive .
Lively, animated,
spontaneous,
Social Boldness
Socially bold,
venturesome,
thick skinned,
uninhibited .
Utilitarian,
objective,
unsentimental,
tough minded,
self-reliant, nononsense, rough .
Sensitivity
Sensitive,
aesthetic,
sentimental,
tender minded,
intuitive, refined .
Trusting,
unsuspecting,
accepting,
unconditional,
easy .
Vigilance
Vigilant,
suspicious,
sceptical ,
distrustful,
oppositional .
Grounded,
practical, prosaic,
solution oriented,
steady,
conventional .
Abstractedness
Abstract,
imaginative,
absent minded,
impractical,
absorbed in ideas .
Forthright,
Privateness
Private, discreet,
Self-Assured,
Apprehension
unworried,
complacent, secure,
free of guilt,
confident, selfsatisfied
Apprehensive, self
doubting, worried,
guilt prone, insecure,
worrying, self
blaming .
Traditional,
Openness to
attached to familiar, Change
conservative,
respecting
traditional ideas .
Open to change,
experimental, liberal,
analytical, critical, free
thinking, flexibility .
Group-oriented,
affiliative , a joiner
and follower
dependent .
Self Reliance
Self-reliant, solitary,
resourceful,
individualistic, selfsufficient .
Tolerates disorder,
unexacting,
flexible,
undisciplined, lax,
self-conflict .
Perfectionism
Perfectionistic ,
organized, compulsive,
self-disciplined,
socially precise .
Relaxed, placid,
Tension
the world.
It is a 100 question personality test.
It taps four characteristics and classifies people
into one of sixteen personality type.
Respondents are classified as: Extravert or
Introvert
(E or I ) : An extraverted person is outgoing ,
assertive and sociable. Introverts are quiet and
shy.
MBTI (cont..)
Sensing or Intuitive (S or N) : Sensing types
16 MBTI Types:
Types
Characteristics
ISTJ
ISFJ
INFJ
INTJ
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
ESTP
ESFP
ENFP
ENTP
ESTJ
ESFJ
ENFJ
ENTJ
Uses of MBTI
Knowing your personality type can help you
Open
Agreea
ble
Big 5
Personality Traits
Stable
Extraver
ted
Conscienti
ous
High
Average
Low
Have broad
interests.
Creative,
imaginative,
curious & artistic.
Practical. Seek
balance
between old and
new.
Traditional.
Find comfort
with familiar.
Extraversion
Well organized,
dependable.
Strive to achieve
goals.
Moderately well
organized.
Generally have
clear goals.
Easy going,
sometimes
careless and
unreliable.
Agreeableness
Prefers to be
around people
most of the time.
Enjoy company
of others but
also value
privacy.
Introvert.
Few friends.
Compassionate,
eager to
cooperate and
avoid conflicts.
Generally
agreeable. But
can sometimes
be stubborn.
Disagreeable,
Proud, cold,
competitive.
Generally calm,
but sometimes
Nervous,
anxious,
Openness to
Experience
Conscientiousne
ss
Emotional
Stability
Stable, Calm,
confident &
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Emotional
Stability
Increased learning
More creative
More flexible
Training performance
Enhanced leadership
More adaptable to
changes
Greater effort
More drive and
discipline
Better organized
Higher performance
Lower levels of deviant
behavior
Better interpersonal
skills
More expressive
Greater social
dominance
Higher performance
Enhanced leadership
Higher job satisfaction
Better liked
More compliant and
conforming
Higher performance
Lower levels of deviant
behavior
Emotions
While not universally
accepted, there appear
to be six basic emotions
Anger
Fear
Sadness
Happiness
Disgust
Surprise
All other emotions are
subsumed under these
six
Emotional Intelligence
There is an intelligence based on emotion.
People who have this capacity are less depressed,
Emotional Intelligence
Cascading Model
To perceive emotions in
Conscientiousness
Cognitive
Emotional Stability
label
Self awareness
Social awareness
Self management
Relationship
management
So Why is Emotional
Intelligence Important?
from school
Less depressed
Less stressed
Higher self-esteem
Less lonely
Better quality friendships and sexual relationships
QUIZ
What do you understand by EI?
Why is EI important?
What is Personality?
How many questions are used in MBTI?
Name any four traits in 16 Personality Model.
Name any four major personality attributes.
Give any two applications of role of emotions
at Workplace?
References
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/subject
s/psychology/EmotionalIntelligenceOverviewLecture.pp
t
www.yale.edu/21c/documents/21CEmotionalIntelligence.ppt
Organizational Behaviour - 15h Edition - Stephen
Robbins , Timothy A. Judge , Neharika Vohra
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence