Exam 3: Personality: Understanding the Complexity of Human Behavior in the Organization

The determinants of personality include all of the following EXCEPT

Culture is the hidden and unobservable meaning behind organizational behavior.

Seductive traits are those traits that ________.

A true Machiavellian manager is pragmatic,maintains emotional distance,and supports the goals of others.

The only part of Freud's theory of personality having access to and relating to the actual environment is the ________.

The id contains our concepts of morality and tells us what is right and wrong.

One of the theoretical proponents of trait theory was ________.

A person's generalized belief about internal (self)versus external (situation and others)control is known as the locus of control.

At birth the ________ is the total personality of each person.

The " Five Factor" personality traits include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

One of the most common defensive mechanisms is ________.

Situational factors have little if any effect on the stability of an individual's personality.

Managers who withdraw from adverse situations with their subordinates are utilizing the defensive technique called ________.

According to Sigmund Freud,the human personality has three parts: the id,the ego and the superego.

Organizational theorists believe that culture is the meaning behind ________.

Distancing traits include being ________.

Absence of "dark side" traits can be harmful.

A characteristic of an employee who has an internal locus of control is ________.

Heredity refers to a system of shared beliefs,values,and attitudes that guide individual behavior.