Question

In completing a Big 5 personality inventory, Manuel was found to have high openness to experience. He would be attracted to an organization like Select one: a. Target where jobs tend to be structured in their duties and responsibilities. b. The IRS, which has a bureaucratic structure and authoritarian decision making processes. c. Google with a laid-back, innovative culture. d. General Motors with a tradition-bound culture experiencing serious viability issues.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. Google with a laid-back, innovative culture.

Explanation:

The Five-Factor Model of personality is a model of the structure of personality according to which human personality can be described using five broad dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness.

The main characteristics of the dimensions are:

• Extraversion: Outgoing, socially confident behavior. Extroverts are sociable, talkative and enjoy being the center of attention. Introverts are more quiet and prefer to be on their own.
• Agreeableness: Individuals who score highly on agreeableness are friendly and co-operative, they are trusting of others and are more altruistic and sympathetic. People who score low on this dimension are less concerned with pleasing other people or making friends, they tend to be more suspicious and are less charitable, they are also competitive and stubborn.
• Conscientiousness: People who are conscientious are more aware of their actions and the consequences of their behavior than people who are unconscientious. They feel a sense of responsibility towards other people and are careful with their duties, they will be concerned about tidiness, punctuality and hard work.  People who score low on this dimension are less careful and are less concerned about tidiness and punctuality.
• Neuroticism: People with high neuroticism are persistent worriers. They are fearful and often feel anxious, over-thinking their problems focusing on the negative aspects of them. They tend to become frustrated and angry if things don't go as they wish.  People who score low are less preoccupied and are able to remain more calm under stressful situations.
• Openness: Willingness to try new activities. People with higher levels of openness enjoy artistic and cultural experiences and are more open to unfamiliar cultures and customs, they are imaginative.  People with low levels of openness are wary of uncertainty and the unknown and feel uncomfortable in unfamiliar situations and prefer familiar environments.

In this example, Manuel was found to have high openness to experience, therefore he is willing to try new activities, is imaginative and is more open to unfamiliar cultures and customs and likes new situations in opposite to familiar environments.

Looking at the options given we can see that a, b and d give us examples of structured environments based on tradition and norms.

On the other hand, the option c., shows us an organization that has a laid-back, innovative culture which likely be in constant change and will give Manuel the opportunity to try new activities. Therefore we can conclude that we would likely be attracted to an organization like c. Google with a laid-back, innovative culture