Organizational Behavior Report: Personality, Motivation, and Dynamics

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of organizational behavior, with a specific focus on the intricate relationship between personality, individual differences, and employee motivation. The analysis commences with an exploration of personality traits and how they manifest within an organizational context, considering the influence of individual differences on workplace dynamics. The report then examines various theoretical approaches, including complexity theory and the five bases of power, to understand how these factors shape employee behavior and motivation. Furthermore, it explores the impact of communication, affectivity, self-monitoring, proactivity, esteem, self-efficacy, and locus of control on individual and organizational performance. By synthesizing these elements, the report provides a comprehensive understanding of how personality and individual differences impact employee motivation and organizational behavior, supported by relevant theories and practical examples. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and their implications for organizational management.

Running Head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Organizational Behavior
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Personality and the Individual differences.................................................................................2
Organizational dynamics............................................................................................................4
Organizational Context..............................................................................................................5
Affectivity..............................................................................................................................5
Self-Monitoring......................................................................................................................5
Proactivity in the personality.................................................................................................5
Esteem....................................................................................................................................6
Self-Efficacy..........................................................................................................................6
Control Locus.........................................................................................................................6
Theoretical approaches...............................................................................................................7
Complexity theory......................................................................................................................7
Five Bases of Power...................................................................................................................8
Motivational theory from Organizational Perspectives.............................................................8
Impact of Communication..........................................................................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The aim of the report is to conduct an analysis of the factor of personality and the
individual differences as they persist in the organizational scenario. As such, the concern of
the essay is to map the impact of the factor of organizational behavior in guiding the factors
of motivation for the employees. The course of the report would take into consideration the
theories concerned with the factors of motivation in a workplace and their relation to the
personality of the individuals and the differences that they nurture with other individuals
present in the organizational scenario. The report would be concerned about the dynamics
present in the organization, either in terms of the individuals or from the perspective of the
groups present in the organizational scenario (Hogan 2017).
The report would seek the help of different theoretical perspective related to
organizational behavior theory in order to analyze the same. The theories that would be the
concern of the discussion will include motivational theory, theory of X and Y, Five Bases of
Power, complexity theory, hybrid and informal theory in order to analyze the process. The
report would also involve in the course of its discussion different forms of approaches that
would allow the researcher to understand the implication of the approaches and the practical
utility of the theories in the working environment and the practices that dominate the
organizational scenario.
Personality and the Individual differences
The factor of personality maintains a crucial role in the terms of organizational
scenario. It can be defined as a pattern of the habits of an individual that they exhibit in the
course of their action. It also brings about the factors of the traits and attitudes, which makes
themselves manifest in the outward actions of the persons concerned. These attributes of the
person’s behavior and their attitude can be further examined in their relation to the idea of the

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self of the concerned individual and create notable impact on their future goals. It is also a
way for the individual to modify the course of their action in order to make themselves
unique in respect to the people around them. The impact of the personality can be seen to
have made greater impact on the course of the action of the individuals and develop their
perception in the context of their surroundings in the due course. As such the role of the
personality in terms of an individual can be noted in the unique characteristic that the
individual nurture in respect to the others present around them. The implication of the
personality can also be noted in the area from where it formulates the course of action of an
individual in achieving their desired goals in the due course of their lives (Jafri, Dem and
Choden 2016)
Personality can be further realized from the perspective of the differences that exist
between the individuals. Personality is a sum up of all the factors that contribute in the
interaction of an individual and in the ways they think and feel and behave. The role of the
personality is of supreme importance when it comes to the organizational behavior as the
factors of the workplace is largely motivated as well as influenced by the way and individual
perceives their way of thinking and their behavior. In context of a particular scenario taking
its shape in the organizational context, the impact of the way the person would interact would
react to the scenario (Burns and Machin 2013).
Therefore, in order to develop a comprehensive utility of the factors of differences in
an organizational scenario, it is important for the managerial team to utilize the differences
that persists in the organizational scenario in the most effective way. Current organizational
behavior perspective has move forward to consider the importance of the organizational
behavior in enhancing the effectiveness of the organizational scenario. Individual differences
are also crucial for the organization in order to regulate their course of functioning in the
recruitment and training of the individuals. The impact of the individual differences is also

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noted in the evaluation of the ability of the individual and the intelligence and the values that
they exhibit. Such impact is also noted in the section where creativity of the individual is
evaluated along the emotional adjustment exhibited by them in due course. Cognitive
intelligence can be considered as one of the important tool that allows the assessment of the
differences exhibited in the behavior of the individual (Kausel and Slaughter 2011).
The importance of the individual differences and their behavior from the
organizational perspective is noted in the expectations of the organizations different attributes
of the individuals would be guiding in directing the productivity of the organization (Smith
2013).
Organizational dynamics
There has been two different ways that has been formulated in order to develop an
understanding of the differences in the personality of the individuals. The approaches that are
taken towards achieving the same includes idiographic approach and nomothetic approach.
While the proposition of the ideographic approach is invested in the understanding of the
individuals that the from the uniqueness that the person exhibits on the other hand the
approach of the nomothetic approach includes the usage of certain variables that would be
guiding in developing an understanding of the personality of the individual (Hersey,
Blanchard and Johnson 2007).
In the organizational perspective, the approach that has found most prominence is the
nomothetic approach. As per the proposition of the approach traits of a person is defined on
the characteristic of the individual behavior. One of the framework that has been used
frequently in order to measure the personality of the individuals against certain indicators that
would allow the assessment of the individuals on the dichotomous basis

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Organizational Context
There are certain parameter that guide the course of action of the individual in the
context of the organization.
Affectivity
This is related to the differential mental disposition that the person exhibit in any
organizational scenario, something commonly known as mood. The feature of the
organization as well as other factors that impact the interaction of the individual impacts the
mood of the person. Evidently, the positive experience of the individual in the organizational
scenario affect the mood of the individual in a positive way and the negative mood affects the
individual in a negative way. As such, the people experiencing negative affectivity are more
likely to experience nervousness and anxiety in their attributes (Madrid et al.,2014).
Self-Monitoring
This attribute allows the individual to determine the extent up to which the person is
capable of monitoring their own course of action and their contribution to the organization.
However, the attributes of monitoring can be extended beyond in order to understand that
demands of the particular situation and modify their course of action in accordance to it
(Zellars and Tepper 2003)
Proactivity in the personality
This attribute refers to the urge of the individual to intervene in a scenario where
requirement of some correction has been noticed. As such the contribution of the person is
noted in their attempt to change the status quo by intervening in solving the problem. The
contribution of the person has been seen in the form of the positive intervention in respect to

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the solving of the problem. As such the success of these type of personality can be
experienced in their respective job role.
Esteem
The attribute of self-esteem develops from the perception of the individual about
themselves in a positive way. As such the perception of the person regarding their confidence
and self-respect. The people exhibiting the low amount of self-esteem are more susceptible to
the lesser job satisfaction in terms of their job. High self-esteem is often rightly connected
with the better performance of the individual in the concerned job scenario.
Self-Efficacy
This attribute is concerned with the belief that the performance of an individual in a
particular job role is marked by success. The belief nurtured by a person is a good indicator
of the fact that the contribution of the person would be positive in nature. In an organizational
scenario, the importance of the self-efficacy can be seen from the perspective of the self
motivation that a person is capable of inflicting upon themselves (Chance 2009).
Control Locus
This factor discusses the extent of accountability, which is developed in an individual
that makes them accountable for a particular duty or responsibility. As such, the people
nurturing the control locus tend to develop a feeling that they are more likely to nurture the
control over themselves. However, the people with external locus nurture the feeling that the
happenings around them is highly guided by action of the others and the elements present
around them. As such within the people with internal locus of success is more likely to exert
control over their life and as such nurture their course of action in order to succeed. These

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kind of people exhibit motivation of a higher level and more likely to nurture positive
experience in the job (Robbins and Judge 2003).
The importance of personality is crucial in determining the action of the individual in
the work scenario. The personality of a particular person is guiding the organization to
allocate the concerned person with the job role that complied with the personality of the
concerned person. This is the proposition of the personality fit theory whereby the personality
of the person is guiding factor determines the kind of job they should be assigned. Aligning
the job role along the personality of the person is guiding the individual in determining the
productivity and the person enhance the experience of the person with a positive job
experience.
Theoretical approaches
The next section of the organizational behavior theory would explore certain
theoretical approach that has been made in the respect and from the perspective of the
theoretical approach determine the impact of the personality and the individual differences
from the perspective of the organizational behavior theory
Complexity theory
The proposition of the theory is that the nature of a particular organization is complex
in nature and the dynamic nature of the organization can be attributed to the diverse
personality of the people around them. Such complexity is also boosted by the differences
that exist in the scenario and demand the intervention of the managerial team in order to
utilize the differences in an effective way to enhance the productivity of the organization
concerned. The complexity theory also demands the consideration of the dynamic attributes
of the individuals in the organizational scenario where the contribution of the complex
system is noted in the productivity of the organization in a positive way. This theory takes

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into consideration the contribution of the individual as well as the contribution of the
individual as the member of a group. The practice of the dynamic aspect of the organizational
functioning attributes certain amount of flexivity in the scenario (Altman, Valenzi and
Hodgetts 2013).
Five Bases of Power
In terms of the organizational scenario, the proposition of the Five bases of power is
to demarcate different form of power on the basis of influence that they create in a
generalized organizational scenario. The sources of power as they have been identified by the
scenario includes legitimate, expert, reward, referent and coercive. Legitimate are the ones
who officially control power in the organizational scenario while on the other hand certain
people enjoy the reward as they have earned the same in the due course of their action. Expert
are the ones who have been adorned with power by the virtue of their skill (Hunt, 2015).
The implication of the theory of Organizational behavior in terms of the personality of
the concerned person can be experienced in the proposition of Theory X and Y as they have
been put forward by McGregor. While the proposition of the Theory X is that, the people
who are lazy are generally inhibited from participating in the productivity of the organization.
While on the other hand, the implication of the theory of Y is invested in the assumption that
the productivity of a person is invested in their desire to achieve the same (Miner 2005).
Motivational theory from Organizational Perspectives
Several theories concerned with the motivation in a workplace is includes Maslow’s
Hierarchy of need, Herzberg’s motivator hygiene or two factor theory and Relatedness and
Growth Theory. As such, the implication of the theories lies in the perspective from where it
guides the motivation of a person from the attributes present in an organization. Motivation
as it has been defined by Locke is associated with the positive job experience of the

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individual concerned. It thus can be understood as a factor of cognition, which in turn guides
the decision that is crucial to the organizational scenario (Luthans 2002). The reaction would
determine the level of satisfaction of the employees in the job scenario. While the proposition
of the hierarchy theory estimates the hierarchy in the factor that motivates the employee and
the reaction of the employees to the factors of hygiene in the organizational scenario. From
the perspective of the employee motivation the outside factors include the motivation while
the factors of reward are extrinsic nature (Pinder 2014).
Impact of Communication
Communication is vital in the respect of the organization as it forms the primary
channel for the coordination of action and for achieving the desired goals. It requires the
individual sharing information in the systems that I s marked by the commonality of symbol.
The duty is invested with the managers in contributing in effective communication where any
kind of interruption in the working scenario is influenced by the disruption in the
communication. Miscommunication is felt in a negative way in the organizational scenario
where interpersonal ineffectiveness is capable of impacting the organizational behavior to a
great extent (Robbins and Judge, 2003).
Conclusion
The discussion has explicated how crucial factor of personality and that of the
individual differences is to that of the organizational behavior. The implication of the
organizational behavior is experienced in the respect of the differences in the attributes of the
person and the way they present themselves in the organization. As such the implication of
the personality from the perspective from where it influences the action of an individual and
allow the individual to guide their course of action in that respect. The implication of
different form of personality and the individual differences is exhibited from the perspective

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of the organizational scenario and can be seen to create different implications for the
organization in terms of the proactivity, self-monitoring and the affectivity. The implication
of the personality of the individual is also exhibited in the factors of motivation that the
people receive from the organization concerned and impact their contribution both as an
individual as well as the member of the group. The contribution of the paper has been noted
how the communication is an effective attribute in guiding the course of the action of the
individuals as well as guiding the productivity of the organization by disseminating the
relevant information in different sector of the organization.

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