Open University of Malaysia WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE A study submitted to Project Management Department in Saudi Aramco BY Nowier Mohammed Al-Anzi Open University of Malaysia 2009 i Open University of Malaysia WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE A study submitted to Project Management Department in Saudi Aramco Nowier Mohammed Al-Anzi 51060418 Project Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of
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Running Head: MOTIVATION THEORIES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS Motivation Theories and Personality Traits DeVry University Psychology: 110 November 27‚ 2013 MOTIVATION THEORIES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS 1. Take a look at the material on sensation seeking on page 286 (Ch. 11). Do you consider yourself a sensation seeker? Why or why not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your level of sensation seeking? After reviewing the material in the textbook and answering all
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ways of conceptualizing personality‚ but the Big Five approach had emerged as the most useful‚ based on previous research (Botwin and Buss‚ 1989). The Big Five personality dimensions include extraversion‚ emotional stability‚ agreeableness‚ conscientiousness and openness to expression. Personality measures are used by many organization in selecting management and other employees and therefore it is important to properly define how personality affects leadership. By utilizing these factors or dimensions
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Trait Approach 2 Description Of interest to scholars throughout the 20th century‚ the trait approach was one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership. In the early 20th century‚ leadership traits were studied to determine what made certain people great leaders. The theories that were developed were called “great man” theories because they focused on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social‚ political‚ and military leaders (e.g.‚ Catherine
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takes perseverance‚ and that is really the only obstacle that I can see for myself. I have quit things before when I don’t feel I am achieving what I need to as fast as I need to. I think the traits of Openness to Experience‚ Conscientiousness‚ and Extroversion will be helpful in achieving this goal. The variety of running in different places‚ the discipline of training and completing a race‚ and the social aspect of doing a new thing are all desirable to me. I feel all these things will
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stable characteristic that causes someone to act in certain ways. According to trait theorists‚ personality is made up of a combination of various traits. An example of this could be someone who is described as introverted‚ hardworking‚ and conscientiousness one might conclude that they neat‚ smart‚ and organized. Trait theory’s primary focused on the measuring and identifying personality characteristics. Gordon Allport is the founding father of trait personality perspective. At the time‚ personality
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in recent years‚ there has been a renewed interest in understanding the relationship between personality traits and leadership. The Big Five Personality Factors that have recently emerged over the past 25 years are neuroticism‚ extraversion‚ openness‚ agreeableness and conscientiousness. I think that some of the leadership traits such as intelligence are inborn. A natural leader takes advantage to become a great leader. The trait approach is a very good instrument for a leader to identify his/her
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personality traits? I think Mike and Marty are complete opposites from each other. On the personality traits I rate them for the same traits but opposite sides. For example both have neuroticism‚ but Marty is stable‚ calm but insecure when Mike is tense‚ anxious but secure. I would also rate them both for conscientiousness Marty being careful‚ disciplined and organized but Mike being the opposite‚ careless‚ impulsive and disorganized. For extraversion‚ I think Marty is quiet‚ sober and retiring when
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than one day will be counted as one day late). C. Topic Each student is required to introduce your personality traits by using the *Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)‚ or *the Big Five Personality Model (emotional stability‚ extroversion‚ openness‚ agreeableness‚ conscientiousness) or any other personality traits including core selfevaluations‚ Machiavellianism‚ narcissism‚ proactive personality‚ psychopathy‚ self-monitoring‚ which are stated in chapter 5 of the textbook‚ and supporting the analysis
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traits into five main groups: (Brooks‚ 2009) Openness: it is the perception for art‚ imagination‚ openness to new experience. People who have high rate in this category are more creative and more aware of their feeling than those with low. Conscientiousness: it reflects to what extend the person is organized and achieve more than the expectation and has a planned behavior more than the spontaneous behavior. The opposite trait is unconscientiousness. Extraversion: this trait reflects positive emotions
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