Personality Traits Influencing OB:-

 Personality Traits Influencing OB:-

Table of  Contents

Personality Traits Influencing OB 1.Locus of Control 2.Machiavellians 3.Self Esteem 4.Self Adjusting 5.Risk Taking 6.Authoritarianism 7.Dogmatism 8.Personality type 9.Introversion and Extraversion 10.Proactive personality Frequently Asked Questions Conclusion.

Personality Traits/ Major Attributes OR Characteristics influencing Organizational Behavior:-

1.Locus of Control:-

This concept denotes that whether people are in control of events or they control events. Those who have internal control of locus believe that they control and shape events in their lives. Other hand, those who have external locus of control believe that events occur purely by chance and it is beyond the control. Internal as compared to external, seeks job related information, try to influence other at work, seek opportunities and rely more on their abilities and judgement at work.

2.Machiavellians:-

The capacity of achieving more benefits through trick and tactfulness is called Machiavellians.  It focuses on gaining power and enforcing control to others. The degree of Machiavellians differs from person to person. Highly Machiavellian people are calm, logical, practical and realistic in nature. They try to control situations and change systems for their benefits. They are stubborn, less get persuaded, winning more in nature. They convince others more. Low Machiavellian people never manipulate others. They give more value to loyalty and friendship. They are more sentimental and they can't speak fraud for self success achievement. Highly Machiavellian people are most successful in work because they have higher bargaining skills.

3.Self Esteem:-

It is the way of judging the value of self. Highly self esteemed person seeks higher job status, confident in capacity and higher performance for intrinsic satisfaction from these achievements. Low self esteemed persons are less confident. They work at lower level of job and they seek extrinsic rewards.

4.Self Adjusting:-

It is capacity of the person to adjust self behavior with external or situational factors. Highly self adjusting people show higher adjusting capacity with external situations. They show different behaviors in different situations. They are less uniform in their behaviors. They display various faces depending on the circumstance.

Less adjusting people are constant with changing situations. They never adjust themselves with changing scenarios. Highly adjusting people get more success in life. These people are more suitable for managerial level.

5.Risk Taking:-

It is the risks taking capacity of individual in order to make decisions. Risk taking capacity of people varies from person to person. Highly risk taking people make decisions faster and use less information before making decision than less risk taking people.

 (i).A High risk taking is appropriate in a stock trader which demands quick decision making.

(ii).A low risk taking is appropriate in auditing activities which needs high level of accuracy.

6.Authoritarianism:-

 It discloses the variations in power and status in an organization. Highly authoritarian people are strict and highly ethical in nature. They strictly follow and enforce regulations. They enjoy working at fixed and structured working environment. This working environment is directed by regulations and procedures. They value power more so that they follow power blindly. These people are strict, conservative, less educated and narrow minded. They try to make good followers. They work under higher supervision. They have more productivity in work.

7.Dogmatism:-

It is the mental state where individual thinks self superior. He thinks his all activities are correct. He assumes his opinions and attitudes are right always. He never accepts errors of his opinions and attitudes though these are impractical. Highly dogmatic people are conservative and narrow minded. They are stubborn so that they never accept advices and suggestion given by others. They never accept the change in working procedures and opinions. Less dogmatic people are liberal minded. They accept suggestions and advices given by others. They enjoy learning new technology and opinion. They respect existence of others.

8.Personality type:-

 People are divided in to two types due to their personality.

"A" Type People	"B" Type People
Talks rapidly	Less talkative
Devoted to work	Careless to work
Highly competitive	Less competitive
Laborious	Sloth
Never wastes time	Wastes time
No patience	Patience
Punctual to time	Time careless
Tempered	Less tempered

They can work hardly even in pressure. They are fast in decision-making but they can't take best decisions. This type is fit for lower level management. 'B' type people take decision slow but their decisions too effective in nature.

9. Introversion and Extraversion:-

Introversion people are quite, shy, cautions and lonely in nature. Just oppositely extraverson people are talkative, outgoing, social, assertive and self confident. Researchers have suggested that extroverts are higher performer than introverts in the organization.

10.Proactive personality:-

Proactive personality is always self-active for achievement of success. They study environment and they attempt to grab opportunities. They go through creative ways though there are too many obstacles. They face challenges. These people are appropriate in managerial post.­­­

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How personality influences organizational behavior 2.Personality attributes influencing OB. 3.Major personality attributes influencing ob. 4.Example of personality in organizational behavior. 5.Personality and perception in organizational behavior. 6.Big five personality traits in organizational behavior. 7.Types of personality in organizational behavior. 8.Stages of personality in organizational behavior. 9.What are the 5 personality traits in Organizational Behavior? 10.What are the 4 types of personality in Organizational Behavior? 11.Personality Attributes Influencing Behavior

Conclusions

Personality influences the individual behavior. Behavior of employee influences the organizational performance so that managers must try to understand personality traits of employees. So, employees can handle and use them for achieving organizational objectives.