DISCUSS THE “BIG FIVE” MODEL OF PERSONALITY AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO...

4. Discuss the “Big Five” model of personality and provide examples to show how this affects managers in an

organizational setting.

Difficulty:

3

Page-Reference:

49-52

Question ID:

02-3-134

Skill:

Applied

Topic:

Personality

Objective:

2

Answer :

Suggested Answer:

- Extroversion—comfort level with relationships (e.g., outgoing or reserved)

- Agreeableness—propensity to defer to others (e.g., valuing harmony or focusing more on own needs)

- Conscientiousness—number of goals on which a person focuses (e.g. focusing on fewer goals in a more purposeful

way as opposed to pursuit of many goals and easily distracted)

- Emotional stability—ability to withstand stress (e.g., calm, secure, enthusiastic as opposed to nervous, depressed,

insecure)

- Openness to experience—range of interests (e.g., innovative and imaginative versus conventional and finding

comfort in the familiar)

(Examples can be drawn from text, class discussion, Internet, newspapers such as Globe and Mail, ...)