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SPMA 2P21 MidtermWhat Lisa Tomaidis and Dave Smart are known for - correct answer ✔✔Coaches who have well known
personalities and have the ability to motivate
Companies more and more focus on this when hiring - correct answer ✔✔personality
Type A personality - correct answer ✔✔Self Driven, competitive
Type B personality - correct answer ✔✔easy going, creative
Type C personality - correct answer ✔✔introverts, stress prone
Type D personality - correct answer ✔✔love routine, follow orders
Define Personality - correct answer ✔✔the stable patterns of behaviour and consistent internal states
that determine how an individuals reacts to and interacts with others
What an individuals personality is a reflection of - correct answer ✔✔ones style in dealing with the
world
How you develop personality - correct answer ✔✔genetic predisposition, life experiences over time,
corrective efforts you make to change your personality
How many approaches are there in the history of personality in OB - correct answer ✔✔three
Approach 1 in the History of Personality in OB - correct answer ✔✔Dispositional Approach
,define dispositional approach - correct answer ✔✔individuals possess stable traits traits or
characteristics that influence their attitudes and behaviours
Approach 2 in the History of Personality in OB - correct answer ✔✔Structural approach
Define situational approach - correct answer ✔✔characteristics of the organizational setting influence
peoples attitudes and behaviour
approach 3 in the History of Personality in OB - correct answer ✔✔Interactionist approach
define interactionist approach - correct answer ✔✔individuals attitudes and behaviour are a function of
both dispositions and the situation
Define Trait Activation Theory - correct answer ✔✔traits lead to certain behaviours only when the
situation makes the need for the trait necessary
Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality - correct answer ✔✔-extraversion
-emotional stability
-agreeableness
-conscientiousness
-openness to experience
Characteristics of extraversion - correct answer ✔✔-social, outgoing, energetic, joyful, and assertive
-enjoy social situations
-scores high for management
Compare High emotional stability and low neuroticism, to low emotional stability and high neuroticism -
correct answer ✔✔High emotional stability, low neuroticism persons are self-confident, have high self-
esteem, are calm and secure (everything opposite for low)
Characteristics of agreeableness - correct answer ✔✔-warm
, -considerate
-sympathetic
-cooperative
-eager to help others
characteristics of conscientiousness - correct answer ✔✔Degree to which a person is responsible &
achievement oriented, dependable, positively motivated, orderly, hard working, self-disciplined
Characteristics of openness to experience - correct answer ✔✔-flexible
-receptive to new ideas
-experienced
what is self-monitoring in the job market - correct answer ✔✔developing the ability (maturity) to
observe and regulate how you appear and behave on social settings and relationships
what is espionage - correct answer ✔✔knowing when to be an actor
Definition of an organization - correct answer ✔✔social inventions for accomplishing common goals
through group effort
Definition of social inventions - correct answer ✔✔the essential characteristic of organizations is the
coordinate presence of people
Vega's goal as a company - correct answer ✔✔Sell plant-based health & performance products
What the field of Ob is concerned with - correct answer ✔✔-motivation of people
-reliability
-flexibility
-innovation
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