MBA 704 Chapter 5&6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 personality 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. -equated with social success -genes and environment play a role -very diverse and complex -is the whole person, and is concerned with external appearance and traits, self, and situational interactions -includes perception, learning, motivation and more trait theory obse rvable patterns of behavior that last over time Freud's Pyschoanalytic Theory/ psychodynamic theory the unconscious determinants of behavior Roger's and Maslow's humanistic theory self-actualization and the drive to realize one's potential nature heredity and physiological/biological dimensions nurture environmental, developmental dimensions Brain "last frontier" -may hold more answers for personality than does heredity social evolution - humanity is evolving along the lines of social phenomena such as trus t, collaboration, and competition - Very few animals have been able to evolve to this type of collaboration and competition Functional Magnetic Resonance imagine (fMRI) allow measurement of brain activity by mapping specific regions that are linked to spec ialized roles frontal lobes -anticipates events -weighs consequences of behavior -decision making brain circuity that houses intellect hippocampus and amygdala associated with memory, mood and motivation hippocampus is sea -horse shaped -amygdala is associated with emotions self concept people's attempts to understand themselves self-esteem -has to do with people's self -perceived competence and self -image -related to areas such as emotion and behavioral responses and stress of organizational members high self esteem -handle failure better -tend to become egotistical with pressure situations organization -based self -esteem (OBSE) self-perceived value that individuals have of themselves as organization members acting within an organization contex t -high scores= view themselves positively person -situation interaction this dimension suggests that people are not static, acting the same in all situations, but instead are ever changing and flexible. -employees can change depending on the particular si tuation they are in interaction with. -employee's personality will influence interpersonal behavior and the perception and the outcomes of organizational support. maturation changes that result from heredity and physical development socialization process impact from the social environment -includes the learning of those values, norms, and behavior patterns, that, from the organization's and the work group's points of views, are necessary for any new organization member. steps that can lead to a successful organizational socialization 1. provide a challenging first job 2. provide relevant training 3. provide timely and consistent feedback 4. select a good first supervisor to be in charge of socialization
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