Personality is one of my favorite topics in general. It is how an individual represents and defines themselves. And when it comes to organizational behavior can make or break a leader. With that said, I am reminded of my tenth grade geography class, when we were learning about Buddhism. My teacher said that to achieve enlightenment, one must be self aware. The reason I bring it up is because, I can see how a person whose runs a company must know how they are come off. CEO’s and other business leaders are aware of the fact that it is important how, they come off, as far as discipline, and getting things done. So, a lot of business people will hire a business psychologist to give them a personality test, these test will tell the applicant, if they have leadership abilities, how they disciplined there employees, and how they work oversee employees.
I had the chance to take a sample test, and it broke down into the big five. The big five is the general base of most personality theories, and includes negative emotionality, agreeableness, extraversion, openness and conscientiousness. I will admit, I was very intimidate by this, and I was almost embarrassed, at my results for it showed my positive marks, but also my negative marks. But I feel it would be good to use myself as an example.
I scored High in the following:
In openness, which means I am more creative, innovative, inquiring and, imaginative
In conscientiousness, which mean I am prepared, reliable, precise, and ambitious
In extraversion, I scored high with it saying I am talkative, affectionate, and optimistic, outgoing
I scored Low in:
In agreeableness where I was more good-natured, helpful, trusting then rude, obstinate, irritable
And finally in negative emotionality, where I am always worrying, emotional, insecure, nervous, and I am usually not calm, secure, unemotional, relaxed.
Basically after taking the test, I realize I need to relax more and not be so stressed, because if the manager you worked under was always stressed, then that mean the environment you work in my be more stressful. The nice thing about these tests is, that you can take the sample ones, which are usually free and broader, but if you choose to pay the 40 to 200 dollars for the test, it will give you more in depth criticisms, and usually a consultant can better explain the answers to you.
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Interesting post, Kezia. What do you think about yourself as a "complete package"? Did the test really show you how you would fit into an organization?
Hey Kezia
What other types of questions are self revealing? alot of interest here.
I like the way you've done this. Could you put a link to the sample test? Did your studies tell you about the different ways of different cultures?
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