Organizational Behavior
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259927676
Author: MCSHANE, Steven Lattimore, Von Glinow, Mary Ann Young, Mary Ann.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To discuss: Personality, the manner in which kinds of MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and dimensions of personality associated to individual behaviour in an organization.
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