Big 5 Personality Traits in Leadership

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Big 5 Personality Traits in Leadership

• Personality Traits
• ENGL 2311
• By
• Paul Watson

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Big Five Personality Traits (Judge et al., 2002)

• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Conscientiousness
• Neuroticism
• Openness to experience

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Big Five Personality Traits

• Extraversion
• Extraverts have high energy, talkative, active
  and upbeat they seek excitement and social
  affiliation.
• Extravert individuals are characterized as
  outgoing and talkative, but they may have
  difficulty utilizing technology to coordinate
  team efforts.

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Big Five Personality Traits

• Agreeableness
• Agreeable individuals will focus more on
  cooperation than competition with others in the
  team.
• They are likely to be concerned with
  individuals well-being and developmental needs.
• Because of their trustworthiness, they may be
  seen as role models.

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Big Five Personality Traits

• Conscientiousness
• These individuals demonstrate caution and
  self-discipline as well as showing hard work and
  a strong sense of direction.
• The reliable and thorough behaviors of those high
  in conscientiousness are also likely to cause
  them to be persistent even when encountering
  technological difficulties.

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Big Five Personality Traits

• Neuroticism
• These individuals experience negative feelings
  such as anger, anxiety, guilt, sadness, and
  vulnerability.
• Neurotic individuals are less likely to be
  perceived as leaders by others.

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Big Five Personality Traits

• Openness to experience
• These individuals are creative and imaginative,
  appreciative of arts and culture, and are
  intellectually curious.
• These group is controversial and least understood
  (Judge et al.).

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Reference

• Judge, T. A., Bono, J. E., Ilies, R., Gerhardt,
  M. W. (2002). Personality and leadership A
  qualitative and quantitative review. Journal of
  Applied Psychology, 87(4), 765-780.

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• Group 1 Austin, Lauren, Kacee Marlon, Taylor
  MacDonald
• Group 2 Michael, Veronica, Shasta Bhakta
• Group 3 Holly, Matt, Taylor Baker Katie
• Group 4 Amy, Afton, Ben, Scott Macy

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