Personalities and Work Behaviors

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Personalities and Work Behaviors

An article published by the Houston Small Business Chronicle highlighted four personality traits that affect performance in the work place. According to research, a person will perform better when paired with appropriate tasks for their personality trait. This can lead to better efficiency and less turn over due to increased job satisfaction.

In group situations, people with outgoing personalities prefer to work with others whereas people with more introverted personalities may do best when working alone. Reversely, those who are more outgoing may not work as well alone.

Work ethic, or the desire to perform well and work hard may be stronger in some employees than others. For those with a strong work ethic, they will likely work well without direct supervision and have motivation to find new projects or suggest new ideas. Those with a weaker work ethic may need more encouragement and supervision to accomplish tasks.

Another personality trait to consider is one's likeliness to pay attention to detail. Some people are more likely to think in smaller details where other prefer to see the broad picture. Specific tasks that require attention to detail and good record keeping may not be appropriate for those who tend to see the bigger idea.

The author concludes with one of the most important things to consider, which is a person's motivation. It is important for managers first and foremost to determine what motivates their employees. Is it helping others? Financial compensation for their work? Or satisfaction in doing a job well done?

In considering all of these traits, a manager can create the most productive work environment for a staff. It is important to recognize that there is no wrong or right personality trait. All of these traits are required for a productive workplace. In dietetics management, a nutrition manager should consider employee personalities when hiring, assigning roles, and evaluating performance.

Munroe, S. (2016). How personality affects work behavior. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/personality-affects-work-behavior-45940.html

Comments

  1. ksu internsDecember 15, 2016 at 3:38 PM

    I agree with this literature, however, I also believe in needing diversity (including personality) in a work place in order to optimize the work field, given it provides different points of view. This makes me wonder about those who personalities whom clash with their job duties, does the author mention anything about this? How would an organize look if all personalities were the same for a specific job position, does this mean people would get along better, clash, or stay neutral? Overall, I think this is a great article and reminds me of the Myers Briggs assignments and lectures we did in class.

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