SELF REFLECTION ON PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS.

Running head: SELF REFLECTION ON PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
Self Reflection on Personality Characteristics and Self-Assessment Survey
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Introduction
There is an increased contribution of self-assessment results on the current or future
workplace behavior of an individual (Anglim & Grant, 2016). The objective of the essay is to
conduct critical review of literature related with the consideration of role personality or emotions
in the workplace. It will also focus on conducting critical evaluation of the selected measure
through analyzing it with another measure within the selected domain. The essay also has the
objective to demonstrate increased self-awareness regarding personal characteristics or emotions
trough carrying out the self-assessment survey. Such reflection will focus on explain the self-
assessment results, strengths along with areas or future development in evaluating the role
personality contribution within the workplace.
Discussion
Literature Review on Role Personality in Workplace
Borghuis et al., 2017) revealed that emotions within workplace play an important role
regarding the ways in which an organization communicates with itself along with the outer
business environment. These researchers also confirmed that when the managers understand the
role personality of employees within workplace it facilitates them in ensuring the company’s
growth in future years. DeGeest & Schmidt, (2015) stated that employees’ role personality
within workplace includes creativity, retention, production and teamwork. An individual’s
capability to think creatively develops from their personality, where brainstorming and one-on-
one idea exchanges among staff can facilitate in improving creativity personality. Obtaining
understanding of individual personality can facilitate an individual to work better in a team as it

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not just makes it simpler to find a manner to work with peers but can also support in coordinating
work well with the superiors. Halim, Atif, Rashi & Edwin, (2017) elucidated that personalities
interact differently relied on the personality type of other people and for this reason the relevance
of analyzing personality within workplace applies to every business. Communication and
flexibility are vital aspects of being a leader and relating personalities of employees can facilitate
in enhancing both. Realizing the ways in which employees tend to adapt in distinct situations can
facilitate managers in placing them in positions where they might succeed (Nagle, Wolf &
Riener, 2016).
Evaluation of Chosen Personality Analysis Measure
Hassan, Asad & Hoshino, (2016) indicated that Big Five Personality test is carried out as
a self-assessment tool that reveals that attaining high score on certain important personality traits
can indicate employees ability to attain job satisfaction and best performance in high-pressure
workplace environment. This personality test facilitates in measuring the carried test for
analyzing personality. This personality theory also considers that individuals those score high in
the test tend to be highly cooperative in the workplace and competitive.
Judge & Zapata, (2015) revealed that Myers Briggs personality theory serves as a tool
that focuses on adaptation of theories related with psychological types based on four preferences
people or things (extraversion or introversion). This self-assessment test for attaining an
overview of individual personality and it is most widely employed psychological assessment
which facilitate in developing an individual report on an individual’s personality type strengths
and preferences. It also effectively predicts the behavior ad is generally employed in
psychological personality research.