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    REPORT ON

    ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

    TOPIC: PERSONALITY

    SUBMITTED BY

    LINCY BABU

    ROLL NO: 34

    S2 MBA

    SUBMITTED TO

    Dr. SIBY ZACHARIAS

    PROFESSOR, S M B S

    SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES,

    MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY

    KOTTAYAM

    (2019-2021)
    INTRODUCTION

    Personality is an individual’s unique and relatively consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and
    behaving. A Personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety
    of situations. It is a set of characteristics and tendencies that determine those commonalities
    and differences in the behaviour (thoughts, feelings and actions) of people that have continuity
    in time and that may not be easily understood as the sole result of the social and biological
    pressures of the moment.

    According to MC Daugall “Personality is a synthetic unity of all material features and functions
    in their innate interplay”.

    According to Lewin “Personality as a dynamic totality of systems present in the individual.”

    Personality is the most abstract concept used in psychological literature. Ancient philosophers
    and poets often speculated why they differed from each other so many ways. Personality is an
    area of study that deals with complex human behaviour, including feelings emotions, needs,
    interests, attitudes and cognitive processes.

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    NATURE OF PERSONALITY

     Personality is something unique and specific. Every one of us is a unique person


     Personality includes everything about a person.
     Personality is not just a collection of traits. It is the product of heredity and environment.
     It is the end product of learning. Acquisition of new experience contributes to the development
    of personality.
     It is always striving for certain ends.

    PERSONALITY TRAITS

    Broadly there are five parameters which describe an individual’s personality. These five
    dimensions are also called as Big Five Factors, and the model is referred to as Five Factor
    Model also abbreviated as FFM.

    The Five Factor Model was initially proposed by Costa and McCrae in the year 1992 and often
    describes the relation between an individual’s personality and various behaviours.

    BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS

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    1. OPENNESS

    Individuals with openness to experience are generally very active, have a tremendous
    inclination towards creativity and aesthetics and listen to their heart.Such individuals are
    generally open to new learnings, skills, and experiences. People who are high in openness enjoy
    adventure. They’re curious and appreciate art, imagination and new things.

    People low in openness are just the opposite. They prefer to stick to their habits, avoid new
    experiences and probably aren’t the most adventurous eaters. Changing personality is usually
    considered a tough process to them.

    2. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

    As the name suggests, individuals with a Conscientiousness personality trait listen to their
    conscience and act accordingly. Such individuals are extremely cautious and self-disciplined.
    They never perform any task in haste but think twice before acting. People who score high on
    conscientiousness are proactive, goal oriented and self-disciplined. Individuals who scoreless
    are little laid back and are not much goal oriented.

    3. EXTROVERSION AND INTROVERSION

    Extraversion refers to a state where individuals show more concern towards what is happening
    outside. Such individuals love interacting with people around and are generally talkative

    Introversion, on the other hand refers to a state when an individual is concerned only with his
    own life and nothing else. They prefer staying back at home rather than going out and spending
    time with friends.

    4. AGREEABLENESS

    Agreeableness measures the extent of a person’s warmth and kindness. The more agreeable
    someone is, the more likely they are to be trusting, helpful and compassionate. Disagreeable
    people are cold and suspicious of others, and they’re less likely to cooperate.

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    5. NEUROTICISM`

    Neuroticism is a trait where individuals are prone to negative thoughts such as anxiety, anger,
    envy, guilt and so on. Such individuals are often in a state of depression and do not how to
    enjoy life. They always look at the negative sides of life and find extremely difficult to cope up
    with stress.

    FACTORS INFLUENCING PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

    1. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS

    There are three biological factors playing a great role in personality development. They are

    1. Physique
    2. Chemique
    3. Nervous System
    PHYSIQUE
    Height, weight, physical appearance, physical strength, general health, physical deformities
    and abnormalities are the factors that can influence the personality of an individual not directly
    but indirectly.

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    CHEMIQUE
    Chemique means the effects of the endocrine glands on the personality development
    NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Sensory organs de-pends upon the w ell developed quality of the nervous system. These sensory

    organs are the gateways of knowledge.

    2. SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS
    Home, school, society and culture are the most important sociological factors involved in
    personality development.
    HOME

    The following factors from the home can affect the personality of an individual

    Broken home, separated (or) divorced parents, alcoholic parents.

    Over ambitious parents

    Step parents

    Number of children in the family.

    SCHOOL

    School factors responsible in shaping the personality of the children include:

    Discipline of the school

    Opportunity available for various curricular and co-curricular activities.

    Size of the school

    Personality of the teachers

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    SOCIETY

    The society circumstances and the environment also play a vital role in deciding one’s
    personality.

    CULTURE

    An individual’s personality is also deter-mined by the culture in which they are reared.

    3. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
    Intelligence, motivation, attitude, emotion and interest are some important psychological
    factors.

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    CONCLUSION
    Personality traits develop and can be modified up to late adolescence/ early adulthood.
    Personality traits are relatively stable over time, especially after late adolescence. Human
    personality is a complex area of study. Not only is human nature, but also each individual has
    a unique combination of inherent abilities and preferences and learned responses. Beyond that,
    any researchers of personality also have certain personalities, which requires them to “bare their
    soul” in order to understand themselves and others.

    REFERENCES
    BOOK

    1) Organizational Behavior-L M Prasad.

    WEBSITE

    https://www.citeman.com
    https://www.livescience.com

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