组织行为学 Personality 人格

Our Inquiry about Personality1.Introduction: Our personality shapes our behavior. This can help us knowsomeone around us better and associate with others swimmingly. So our group has great interest to explore personality theory and practice. We lay stress on personality traits. We will quote theoretical model such as the Big Five Model, Type A Personality and so on. At the same time, we would cite some examples from the movie The Devil Wears Prada and our real word. What we want to show is that how personality influences us and how to make full use of it.2.Theory and cases:①First of all, we should know that personality is the sum total of waysin which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. And it is aresult of both hereditary and environment factors. The example ofwolf children proves this. A little baby was abandoned by his parents,and then adopted by a pack of wolves. Several years later, he was bredto be a child and behaved like a wolf. If at this time humans came toteach him to talk and walk, he would also master human language after a period of time.②Dress is an important part of your personality. To bring the style whichenhances your appearance is the greatest secret of personality building.In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, the leading lady Andy deeply realized that the importance of dressing. At first, almost everyone made fun of her because of her bad dressing. But when she began to dress up well, both colleagues and superiors looked at her with new eyes. Dressing according to the occasion is a great help to give strong impetus to your personality. Walking in the morning exercise and nutritious diet are healthy activities that lead to good personality. But for this you need to find perfect dress that should give you the best look. But the most important aspect that essentially provides quantities is a dress up suitable suits your personality. Especially women are at the top in this line and find themselves made various efforts to do so.This is not only in fashionable circle. It happens everywhere! Dress is the mirror of your side and shows what you in real time. So we can‟t neglect this.③What is the role of personality in a marriage or a love scene? Whatdifference does the personality of partners make to a happy marriage?In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, Andy…s boyfriend left her because she was a workaholic. And Miranda also lost her family anddivorced again and again just for her job. Small differences are always ignored because of the love between the couple, but if the difference in personalities is big, love will also get sacrificed. Let us take another example. The wife is of giving type and the husband is a real stingy person. What then? Half of the time they will have arguments about this. According to the personality traits, we can see how important the consistency in personality is between couples.④The Big Five Model provides a unifying personality frameworkincluding extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience. First, extraverts tend to be happier in their jobs and in their lives as a whole. For instance, Andy was outgoing and sociable and she had more friends and spend more time in social situations. Second, people who score high on emotional stability are happier than those who score low. Emotional stability is most strongly related to life satisfaction. For example, in the movie, Andy asked help for a designer called Nigel to improve her figure after the editor in chief—Miranda criticized her strictly. She didn‟t hold back in face of difficulties, oppositely she chose to brave them.From this we can see Andy‟s ability to withstand stress is good. This kind of people can calmly deal with most trouble in daily life. Finally, individuals who are open are more creative in art. They also cope better with organizational change and are more adaptable in changingcontexts. Just like Miranda in the film, she altered personnel transfer rapidly and swiftly when she knew the boss of the magazine was about to dismiss her.⑤Authoritarian character and Machiavellianism.Here is an example.Once president of Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek, at first a pacifist, finally his ambition to seek personal dictatorship is soaring. So he launched the civil war. Originally, he can become a popular leader just as Mao Zedong but his autocratic character led him to an evil way. So this is the negative effect of autocratic personality. Of course, autocratic people have some forte: decisive, powerful, and unyielding.Just like Miranda. In the Runway periodical office, her words stood for everything. I think that autocratic people are fit for Machiavellianism because they win more, are persuaded less, and persuade others to do as they think. For example, Machiavellianism can be put to some examination in King Lear, arguably Shakespeare's central tragedy, which examines the sources of political and moral authority in a pre-Christian world. Another case: Hillary Clinton has gone out of her way to emphasize her support for faith-based social services. In January 2005 she told a group of pastors in Boston that people who see “God's work in the lives of even the most hopeless and left behind” are most likely to “go out onto the street to save some poor, at-risk child.”There is an element of Machiavellianism about this:Democrats currently have a better chance of winning over disillusioned evangelicals than for many years. But there is an element of common sense too. Americans are increasingly worried about poverty, but are skeptical about government bureaucracies.Faith-based institutions appear to offer a solution to the conundrum.⑥Workaholics and Type A personality.Just as we mentioned before,Andy is a workaholic. She once put all her energy into her work---an assistant of an editor. Even on a dinner with her father, she can‟t afford enough time to talk with him. She totally did as Miranda said. She couldn‟t reach his boyfriend‟s birthday party on time, to speak accurately, she was too late. We can see that she loves her boyfriend but she is not good in focusing their attention on the right things. The characteristic of workaholics are: First, preoccupied with work, even at home or attend social activities; Second, reluctant to empower to others, because they need a sense of control; Third, ignoring the other side of the life, because the workaholic is always putting work in front of family. If they work for their livelihoods, this crazy working condition is understandable, such as Andy; If they just meet the demand for a sense of achievement by working on and on, they will not only let the spouse disappointed, but also may increase unfamiliar feeling with the children, the most serious can lead to both sides ofhusband and wife, u ntil divorce, such as Miranda. So we can‟t be too crazy about work. We should not forget to enjoy life!A person with a Type A personality has features of workaholics:incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time, can‟t cope with leisure time. They are usually fast workers emphasizing quantity over quality. Type A‟s are also rarely creative.They will not allocate the time necessary to develop unique solutions to new problems. But they may do better in job interviews. So they can be a good employee but not a qualified manager. This is why most employees in workplace can‟t get promotion every year.⑦Measuring personality is not easy. Though some personality tests areuseful in hiring decisions, you will never know which employee would be corrupt and negligent about his or her duties. And even you don‟t know when he will job-hop! In a word, you can easily choose the talents you want, but it is hard to avoid bad behaviors for someone.So we need a preeminent organizational culture to develop employees‟ healthy and sane personality.3. SummaryOur paper is brief. While we believe that you will be interested in some ideas we offer. We consider Personality as the most importantfactor to make success; others are chances, environment and so on. If you have a powerful inner, nothing will be unconquerable!。