Motivating Your Employees

Personality Types & Work-Related Behaviors

• Locus of Control
• Who has control over an individual’s behavior? Is it;
• Internal (self-control) or,
• External (outside forces)

Personality Types & Work-Related Behaviors

• Machiavellianism
• The degree to which an individual is manipulative and believes ends justify means.

Personality Types & Work-Related Behaviors

• Self-Esteem
• The Degree to which individuals like or dislike themselves.

Personality Types & Work-Related Behaviors

• Self-Monitoring
• A personality trait that measures an individual’s ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational factors.

Personality Types & Work-Related Behaviors

• Self-Monitoring
• High self-monitors are capable of presenting striking contradictions between public personas and private selves. Low self-monitors tend to display their true feelings and beliefs in every situation.