Question

Although emotions and moods impact on-the-job performance, employees are often times chosen for their personality traits. Along with a person’s personality type, the organization’s culture is considered. The company recruiter tries to hire decision-makers he/she thinks will fit into the existing company culture. In this Discussion, you will consider all three aspects impacting employee hiring and employee effectiveness. Label the three parts of your response as Part A, Part B, and Part C.

Topic 1: Emotions, Moods, Traits, and Values:

Part A: Based in the Reading, which emotions and moods have you experienced in your past or current job and how did it impact your performance? How was Affective Events Theory or Trait Activation Theory (see Chapter 5) involved or not? Explain.

Part B: Characterize the personality of your past or current boss (do not use any names or organization names) using one of the major personality theories presented in your Reading.

Part C: According to your Reading, how do someone’s values relate to their culture and to organizational outcomes?

Answer 1

Part A:

Job Description-Sales Engineer at A Laboratory Equipment Provider for Institutions.

Working in the field of sales is a overwhelming experience as it requires high level of Extraversion personality trait as we have to develop various relationships with different Professors and Research Scholars.Also I experienced some drop in self-esteem while working in this sector which affected my performance in the beginning and I lost some confidence and self belief in the process.But as soon as i gained some experience,I developed certain Personality traits such as Extraversion and Conscientiousness.This can be clearly an example of Activation Theory as these Personality Traits were non existent when i joined as a fresher but as soon as I realized the job responsibilities,the above traits got activated and my work performance was improved.

Part B:

Previous Boss:My previous boss had high level of Conscientiousness as he was very punctual and systematic which also made him Neurotic as he was easily disturbed when someone was late.He did have a high degree of agreeableness but he believed in himself and had high level of self esteem.

Present Boss:My present boss believes in openness and is extremely supportive of new ideas which also reflects his trait of agreeableness.He is quite tolerant and isn't neurotic.He also has high level of Conscientiousness.

Part C:

An organisation's values define its culture.An individual's values should align with organisation's value so as to balance the cultural diversity in an organisation to develop a shared vision.Values provide a guiding architecture that drives performance and behavior.Values are what define an organisation and makes them unique.An organisation's performance is based on the values it shares with its employees which influences their attitudes and behavior.