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One experience in my life where I was successful and used these specific personality dimensions was when I was a Production Supervisor at a fast paced food manufacturing plant. I learned the process inside and out which enabled me to step in and help out when needed at many levels of the production process. The trust that I gained and willingness to step in and help at any level also gave me respect and trust which in a goal oriented fast paced production

Stress can also result from having too few demands, as people will become bored, feel undervalued and lack recognition. If they feel they have little or no say over the work they do or how they do it, this may cause them stress.

According to Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (2013), stress in general is a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation (Full definition of stress, 1c.). Job stress may involve the type of work your do, your boss, or co-workers or your hours you work. When it comes to job stress, it can take a toll on your productivity, as well as your physical and emotional health.

There are five major dimensions of personality: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. Neuroticism includes anxiety, depression, hostility, impulsiveness, self-consciousness, and vulnerability. Warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking and positive emotions characterize extraversion. Openness includes openness to fantasy, aesthetics, feelings, actions, ideas and values. The facets of agreeableness include altruism, compliance, modesty, straightforwardness, tender-mindedness, and trust. Conscientiousness includes achievement striving, competence, deliberation, dutifulness, order and self-discipline (Article 3).

Chapter five “Personality and Values” In this chapter I learned about the Big Five personality traits; extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.

Stress can be caused by many different things within an organisation but the main causes of stress can be broken down into “six management standards” Anon (2009) how to tackle work related stress http://www.hse.gov.uk/ I used these areas to construct the chart below and discussed stress at a team meeting and asked my team to complete a Circle of influence around areas over which they felt they had no control Appendix 1 we also discussed what we / I could do to manage the six main causes of stress

Organizational stress can be either positive or negative or both. The outcomes linked to organizational stress determines if organizational stress is positive or negative. Stress that results in benefits to the recipients and the organization’s interests is positive. Conversely, organizational stress that results in adverse consequences to the recipients of the stressors is negative. Therefore, organizational stress is neither negative or positive, rather the output of the organizational stress is the determination factor to classify stress. As a leader, I agree with must use adaptive tools rather than technical skills to guide direct and support their followers

Personality can be defined through the model used in Parker’s et al. (2004) study which includes agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, neuroticism, and extraversion. Agreeableness is getting along with other people, conscientiousness is the ability to stay on task, openness is how a person adapts to change, neuroticism is a predisposition to negative emotions, and extraversion is the need for sensation-seeking. Together those personality dimensions describe individual differences. To measure these dimensions, a common tool used was the NEO Five-Factor Inventory. This was a self-report questionnaire containing 60 items, and a score is calculated to indicate the level of each dimension.

According to Bruce McEwens, he explains stresses as “experiences that are challenging emotionally and physiologically,” which are commonly associated as negative conditions (McEwens, 2007). The body fails to respond to a particular threat and is unable to react appropriately (Randall, 2010). However, stress can beneficial; for the example, an individual who is bodybuilding works to exert stress on specific muscle groups to promote muscle growth. Positive stress is referred to as

Positive, or beneficial stress is called eustress. Eustress provides you with the motivation and incentive to perform your daily routines and tasks. For example, stress gives you the motivation to wake up and get up in the morning. That’s a positive thing, right?

Ø The positive stress is: the positive stress may be desired, beneficial, and even healthy. Positive stress helps improve athletic performance. It also plays a factor in motivation, adaptation, and reaction in good way to the environment.

Allport defines personality as ‘the dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychological systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment’ (Allport, 1937). An individual’s unique personality traits and attributes are a powerful indicator of how he/she will interact with the work environment. The difference between average and outstanding employees can often be solely personality related. As the employee is the most valuable asset to the company, ‘selecting the right employee during the process is critical’ (Carbery and Cross, 2013, pp. 41-53)

“Personality traits make you seek out certain jobs and affect how you fit in”. Depending upon the organization you currently work for or are seeking to work for, hiring and promoting and individual is mostly based upon their individual personality traits. Whether you are personality A, B or X, all organizations want to hire people that are hardworking, reliable, trust worthy, and dependable.

Discussed below are different researchers’ arguments and explanations on how personality predicts employee performance. This essay will explore both negative and positive ways in which personality can predict the performance, as well as explaining what personality is. Past research has “demonstrated that personality constructs are associated with work performance, with some traits like conscientiousness predicting success around jobs. Other linked with specific occupations e.g. extraversion correlates with success in sales and management as well as training performance supporting”, (Barrick et al., 2002, 87: p.43).

Stress can result from other aspects of jobs, such as the physical environment of the job. Extreme levels of noise, temperature, humidity or illumination causes stress (Mackay & Cox 1978). People experience stress when they have little influence over work procedures or the pace of the work (Cottington & House 1987).