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Chapter 4

Personality and
Emotions
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
S T E P H E N P. R O B B I N S
E L E V E N T H
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OBJECTIVES
LEARNING

After studying this chapter,

you should be able to:
1. Explain the factors that determine an
individuals personality.
2. Describe the MBTI personality framework.
3. Identify the key traits in the Big Five
personality model.
4. Explain the impact of job typology on the
personality/job performance relationship.
5. Differentiate emotions from moods.
6. Contrast felt versus displayed emotions.
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7. Explain gender-differences in emotions.

8. Describe external constraints on emotions.
9. Apply concepts on emotions to OB issues.

LEARNING

O B J E C T I V E S (contd)

After studying this chapter,

you should be able to:

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What
What is
is Personality?
Personality?
Personality
The sum total of ways in which an individual
reacts and interacts with others.
Personality Traits
Enduring
characteristics that
describe an
individuals behavior.

Personality
Personality
Determinants
Determinants
Heredity
Heredity
Environment
Environment
Situation
Situation

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The
The Myers-Briggs
Myers-Briggs Type
Type Indicator
Indicator
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
A personality test that taps four characteristics
and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality
types.
Personality
PersonalityTypes
Types
Extroverted
Extrovertedvs.
vs.Introverted
Introverted(E
(Eor
orI)I)
Sensing
Sensingvs.
vs.Intuitive
Intuitive(S
(Sor
orN)
N)
Thinking
Thinkingvs.
vs.Feeling
Feeling(T
(Tor
orF)
F)
Judging
Judgingvs.
vs.Perceiving
Perceiving(P
(Por
orJ)J)

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MyersMyersBriggs
Briggs
Sixteen
Sixteen
Primary
Primary
Traits
Traits

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The
The Big
Big Five
Five Model
Model of
of Personality
Personality Dimensions
Dimensions
Extroversion
Sociable, gregarious, and assertive

Agreeableness
Good-natured, cooperative, and trusting.

Conscientiousness
Responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.

Emotional Stability
Calm, self-confident, secure (positive) versus nervous,
depressed, and insecure (negative).

Openness to Experience
Imaginativeness, artistic, sensitivity, and intellectualism.
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Major
Major Personality
PersonalityAttributes
Attributes Influencing
Influencing OB
OB
Locus of control
Machiavellianism
Self-esteem
Self-monitoring
Risk taking
Type A personality

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Locus
Locus of
of Control
Control
Locus of Control
The degree to which people believe
they are masters of their own fate.
Internals
Individuals who believe that
they control what happens to
them.

Externals
Individuals who believe
that what happens to them
is controlled by outside
forces such as luck or
chance.
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Machiavellianism
Machiavellianism
Machiavellianism (Mach)
Degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance,
and believes that ends can justify means.

Conditions
ConditionsFavoring
FavoringHigh
HighMachs
Machs
Direct
Directinteraction
interaction
Minimal
Minimalrules
rulesand
andregulations
regulations
Emotions
Emotionsdistract
distractfor
forothers
others
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Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem and
and Self-Monitoring
Self-Monitoring
Self-Esteem (SE)
Individuals degree of
liking or disliking
themselves.
Self-Monitoring
A personality trait that
measures an individuals
ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external,
situational factors.

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Risk-Taking
Risk-Taking
High Risk-taking Managers
Make quicker decisions
Use less information to make decisions
Operate in smaller and more entrepreneurial
organizations

Low Risk-taking Managers

Are slower to make decisions
Require more information before making decisions
Exist in larger organizations with stable
environments

Risk Propensity
Aligning managers risk-taking propensity to job
requirements should be beneficial to organizations.
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Personality
Personality Types
Types

Type As
1. are always moving, walking, and eating rapidly;
2. feel impatient with the rate at which most events take place;
3. strive to think or do two or more things at once;
4. cannot cope with leisure time;
5. are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in
terms of how many or how much of everything they acquire.
Type Bs
1. never suffer from a sense of time urgency with its
accompanying impatience;
2. feel no need to display or discuss either their achievements
or accomplishments;
3. play for fun and relaxation, rather than to exhibit their
superiority at any cost;
4. can relax without guilt.
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Personality
Personality Types
Types
Proactive Personality
Identifies
opportunities, shows
initiative, takes
action, and
perseveres until
meaningful change
occurs.
Creates positive
change in the
environment,
regardless or even in
spite of constraints or
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Achieving
Achieving Person-Job
Person-Job Fit
Fit
Personality-Job Fit
Theory (Holland)
Identifies six
personality types and
proposes that the fit
between personality
type and occupational
environment
determines satisfaction
and turnover.

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Personality
PersonalityTypes
Types
Realistic
Realistic
Investigative
Investigative
Social
Social
Conventional
Conventional
Enterprising
Enterprising
Artistic
Artistic

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Hollands
Hollands
Typology
Typologyof
of
Personality
Personality
and
and
Congruent
Congruent
Occupations
Occupations

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Relationships
Relationships
among
among
Occupational
Occupational
Personality
Personality
Types
Types

Source: Reprinted by special permission of the publisher, Psychological

Assessment Resources, Inc., from Making Vocational Choices, copyright 1973,
1985, 1992 by Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. All rights reserved.

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EmotionsEmotions- Why
Why Emotions
Emotions Were
Were Ignored
Ignored in
in OB
OB
The myth of rationality
Organizations are not emotion-free.

Emotions of any kind are disruptive to

organizations.
Original OB focus was solely on the effects of
strong negative emotions that interfered with
individual and organizational efficiency.

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What
What Are
Are Emotions?
Emotions?

Affect
Affect

AAbroad
broadrange
rangeof
ofemotions
emotions
that
that people
peopleexperience.
experience.
Emotions
Emotions

Intense
Intensefeelings
feelingsthat
thatare
are
directed
directedat
atsomeone
someoneor
or
something.
something.

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Moods
Moods

Feelings
Feelingsthat
thattend
tendto
tobe
be
less
lessintense
intensethan
than
emotions
emotionsand
andthat
thatlack
lackaa
contextual
contextualstimulus.
stimulus.

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What
What Are
Are Emotions?
Emotions? (contd)
(contd)
Emotional Labor
A situation in which an employee
expresses organizationally desired
emotions during interpersonal
transactions.
Emotional Dissonance
A situation in which an employee
must project one emotion while
simultaneously feeling another.

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Felt
Felt versus
versus Displayed
Displayed Emotions
Emotions
Felt Emotions
An individuals actual
emotions.
Displayed Emotions
Emotions that are
organizationally required and
considered appropriate in a
given job.

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Emotion
Emotion Continuum
Continuum
The closer any two emotions are to each other on
the continuum, the more likely people are to
confuse them.

Source: Based on R.D. Woodworth, Experimental Psychology (New York: Holt, 1938).

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Emotion
Emotion Dimensions
Dimensions
Variety of emotions
Positive
Negative

Intensity of emotions
Personality
Job Requirements

Frequency and duration of emotions

How often emotions are exhibited.
How long emotions are displayed.

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Gender
Gender and
and Emotions
Emotions
Women

Can show greater emotional expression.

Experience emotions more intensely.
Display emotions more frequently.
Are more comfortable in expressing emotions.
Are better at reading others emotions.

Men
Believe that displaying emotions is inconsistent
with the male image.
Are innately less able to read and to identify with
others emotions.
Have less need to seek social approval by
showing positive emotions.
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External
External Constraints
Constraints on
on Emotions
Emotions

Organizational
Organizational
Influences
Influences

Cultural
Cultural
Influences
Influences

Individual
Individual
Emotions
Emotions

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Affective
Affective Events
Events Theory
Theory (AET)
(AET)
Emotions are negative or positive responses to a work
environment event.
Personality and mood determine the intensity of the
emotional response.
Emotions can influence a broad range of work
performance and job satisfaction variables.
Implications of the theory:
Individual response reflects emotions and mood cycles.
Current and past emotions affect job satisfaction.
Emotional fluctuations create variations in job satisfaction.
Emotions have only short-term effects on job
performance.
Both negative and positive emotions can distract workers
and reduce job performance.
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Affective
Affective Events
Events Theory
Theory (AET)
(AET)

Source: Based on N.M. Ashkanasy and C.S. Daus, Emotion in the Workplace: The New
Challenge for Managers, Academy of Management Executive, February 2002, p. 77.

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OB
OB Applications
Applications of
of Understanding
Understanding Emotions
Emotions
Ability and Selection
Emotions affect employee effectiveness.

Decision Making
Emotions are an important part of the decisionmaking process in organizations.

Motivation
Emotional commitment to work and high
motivation are strongly linked.

Leadership
Emotions are important to acceptance of
messages from organizational leaders.

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OB
OB Applications
Applications (contd)
(contd)
Interpersonal Conflict
Conflict in the workplace and individual emotions are
strongly intertwined.

Customer Services
Emotions affect service quality delivered to customers
which, in turn, affects customer relationships.

Deviant Workplace Behaviors

Negative emotions lead to employee deviance
(actions that violate norms and threaten the
organization).

Productivity failures
Property theft and destruction
Political actions
Personal aggression

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Ability
Ability and
and Selection
Selection
Emotional
Intelligence
An assortment of
noncognitive skills,
capabilities, and
competencies that
influence a persons
ability to succeed in
coping with
environmental
demands and
pressures.
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Emotional
EmotionalIntelligence
Intelligence(EI)
(EI)
Self-awareness
Self-awareness
Self-management
Self-management
Self-motivation
Self-motivation
Empathy
Empathy
Social
Socialskills
skills
Research
ResearchFindings
Findings
High
HighEI
EIscores,
scores,not
nothigh
high
IQ
IQscores,
scores,characterize
characterize
high
highperformers.
performers.

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