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Organisational Behaviour: Ms Moumita Acharyya

This document provides an overview of key perspectives on personality including psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic, and social-cognitive approaches. It discusses Freud's concepts of the conscious/unconscious mind and the id, ego, and superego. Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are outlined. Traits are defined as enduring attributes that distinguish personalities. The Big Five model of personality traits is introduced.

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Organisational Behaviour: Ms Moumita Acharyya

This document provides an overview of key perspectives on personality including psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic, and social-cognitive approaches. It discusses Freud's concepts of the conscious/unconscious mind and the id, ego, and superego. Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are outlined. Traits are defined as enduring attributes that distinguish personalities. The Big Five model of personality traits is introduced.

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Amity Business School

Organisational Behaviour

Ms Moumita Acharyya
Personality Amity Business School

“Characteristic pattern of thinking,


feeling and acting.”

Four major perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic - unconscious motivations


Trait - specific dimensions of personality
Humanistic - inner capacity for growth
Social-Cognitive - influence of environment
The Unconscious Amity Business School

“the
“the mind
mind isis like
like an
an iceburg
iceburg -- mostly
mostly hidden”
hidden”
Conscious Awareness Unconscious
small part above surface below the surface
(Preconscious) (thoughts, feelings,
wishes, memories)

Repression
banishing unacceptable
thoughts & passions to
unconscious
Dreams & Slips
Freud & Personality Structure Amity Business School

Id - energy constantly striving to satisfy basic drives


Pleasure Principle

Ego - seeks to gratify the Id in realistic ways


Reality Principle
Super
Ego
Ego Super Ego
- voice of conscience
that focuses on how
Id we ought to behave
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Erikson’s stages of personality

• Stage1 Infancy (Trust Vs Mistrust)


• Stage2: early childhood (Autonomy Vs Shame
and doubt)
• Stage3: Play age (Initiative Vs Guilt)
• Stage4: School age (Industry Vs Inferiority)
• Stage 5: Adoloscence (Identity Vs Role
diffusion)
• Stage 6: Early adulthood (Intimacy Vs Isolation)
• Stage 7: Adulthood (Generativity V/s Stagnation)
• Stage 8: Mature Adulthood (Ego Integrity Vs
Despair)
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Traits of Personality

• A personality trait can be defined as “an


enduring attribute of a person that appears
constantly in a variety of situations”.
• It distinguish one personality from other
• Traits are quantifiable
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Personality traits influencing organisational


behaviour
• Authoritarianism
• Machiavellianism (Niceolo Machiavelli)
• Introversion and Extroversion
• Type A and Type B personality
• Self concept and Self esteem
• Locus of control
The Big Five Amity Business School

• Calm/Anxious
Emotional Stability • Secure/Insecure

• Sociable/Retiring
Extraversion • Fun Loving/Sober

• Imaginative/Practical
Openness • Independent/Conforming

• Soft-Hearted/Ruthless
Agreeableness • Trusting/Suspicious

• Organized/Disorganized
Conscientiousness • Careful/Careless

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