3. Individual Thought Process, Perception
and Methods for Acquiring and Storing
Information.
Interpret, Judgment and Respond back
Not an Inherent attributes
4. Knowing style Planning style Creating style
•Emphasize on facts
details and data ,
accuracy and
precision are also
taken into account.
•Seeks clear
objective solution
and look for
rationality and
validity of data.
•Emphasizes on
structure, plans,
preparation,
predictability, rules
and routine.
•Seeks clear agendas,
outlines and
processes, systematic
methodology for
gathering and
responding
information.
•Emphasizes on
creativity , risk taking
,innovation,
interaction and
getting many inputs.
•Seeks novelty,
ambiguity,
experimentation,
non rational thinking
and creativity.
5. •Careful , Slow or
precise to jump into
conclusions and are
straightforward.
•Arguments are based
on evidence and are
Problem solvers and
deal with technical task
•Uncreative, intolerant
to multiple views and
has jut one solution to a
problem.
•Process wide range on
information and put it
concise, cohesive and in
logical form.
•Puts into their logic to
solve the situation and
excel at inductive
reasoning
•Difficulty in case of
illogical issues and
chaos because o0f wide
range of information
•Restructure situations,
are action oriented do
things uniquely and are
spontaneous.
•Gather a lot of
information and engage
in brainstorming and
has broad based
interest
•Rules and regulations
are viewed as obstacles
thus are disorganized
6. Important core aspect of self awareness
Environment is more chaotic, temporary,
complex, overloaded, difficulty in
maintaining status, stability, demand of
consistently positive results.
Refers to the introduction of new
processes in an organization, or the
management of people who are
experiencing change.
7. Tolerance of Ambiguity
Psychological construct which describes the
relationship that individuals have with
ambiguous stimuli or events.
Individuals view these stimuli in a neutral and
open way or as a threat
Locus of Control
The extent to which people believe they have
power over events in their lives.
It considers the tendency of people to believe
that control resides internally within them, or
externally, with others or the situation.
8. Internal locus of control External locus of control
•Manager who base their success on
their own work and believe they control
their life . They either praise or blame
themselves for the outcome of a
situation
•A manager gets a promotion at work or
achieve some other type of success. he
will probably attribute that positive end
result to the work he put in. In other
words, his success was a direct result of
his hard work
•Manager who attribute their success or
failure to outside influences. They are
more passive and accepting and tend to
believe in luck rather than hard work.
•A manager might attribute that
promotion or success to external or
environmental factors, such as luck, fate,
timing, other people or some type of
divine intervention.
9. High tolerance to ambiguity low tolerance to ambiguity
• Managers tend to be more complex,
they pay attention to more information ,
interpret more cues, choose specialties in
their occupation which has less structured
tasks.
•Managers are of novelty, complexity and
are more likely to be successful managers.
•Managers are more entrepreneurial in
doing their jobs
•Managers tend to focus less on the
information and rather judgment are
based on intuitions. They find it very
difficult to cope with the organizational
change and hence are frustrated at times.
• Managers experience stress, reacts
prematurely and avoids unclear stimuli.
•Managers are inclined to focus on
various items
10. A stable personality trait which encompasses
1. Individual's sub consciousness,
2. Fundamental evaluations about themselves,
their own abilities and their own control
High core self-evaluations- Think positively of
themselves- Be confident in their own abilities.
Low core self-evaluations- Negative appraisal of
themselves - Lack confidence
Represent a personality trait which will remain
consistent over time and also has the ability to
predict positive work outcomes
11. Self esteem: Extent to which people see themselves as
successful, capable etc.
Generalized self efficacy: Sense of one’s ability to
perform capably across various situations.
Neuroticism: Tendency towards pessimism.
Locus of control: Refers to the belief of a person about
to which extent he or she has control over his or her
life.
Has high self esteem has a high confidence -high value
on generalized self efficacy- low in neuroticism (are
stable in their emotions, have control over their own
life, work and their outcomes are the outcomes of their
effort) -high locus of control