Rasmussen College: Nojax Employee Personality Analysis Report

This report provides an analysis of the Nojax Company's employees, focusing on the application of the Big Five personality traits in a management context. The report emphasizes the importance of traits such as openness and neuroticism within the apparel industry, highlighting how these traits influence employee performance and workplace dynamics. It examines the personalities of several Nojax employees, including Alice Bloom, Janet Johnson, and Jessie Mercado, assessing their strengths and weaknesses based on their personality profiles. The analysis includes observations on the impact of diversity and the significance of emotional stability in high-pressure environments. The report also suggests pairings of supervisors based on their complementary strengths and weaknesses. The report references academic sources to support its claims and provides practical recommendations for improving management practices within Nojax.

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Nojax Employee Personality Analysis
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Nojax Employee Personality Analysis
Nojax Company deals in the Apparel industry and the major products of the company is
manufacturing and designing sportswear. During the interview process of the different
employees, one of the most important things is to consider the different traits based on the big
five personality. Openness is something that must be given importance by the management of
Nojax as because people having this particular personality are much more imaginative, insightful
and creative in nature. The better the creativity, the better will be for Nojax as because creativity
is important for the business. Out of the seven different employees who are being considered by
the company, two of them have a high level of openness. Alice Bloom, who is the manager of
the designing department has a low level of openness and thus needs a better training for
increasing openness.
The diversified ethnic backgrounds help the company to enjoy positive outcomes within
the company. Nojax employees are Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic which makes
them diverse in culture and nature. This different personalities of each of the different persons
increases diversity and brings in a new and unique makeup. The simple statement generally
impacts the dynamic interactions that the people have with each other. According to, Bai, Wu &
Cheung, (2019) a core aspect of the individuality of the person is based on his personality and
therefore the five traits of the human behavior attains serious importance in this regards. In my
belief openness is one of the most important traits of the big five personality. The level of
openness focuses on how much willing a person is to try out new things and accept major
challenges in professional life (Iqbal & Hassan, 2016). The basic aim of openness is to ensure
that the person comes out of his comfort zone. A person with a high score in this particular

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category generally loves to take up new projects while a low score refers that a person is not
multi-tasking and he likes to limit himself into a safe zone.
Neuroticism I believe is the most important in terms of the personality trait. Employees
of the modern day business organizations have to work under stress and thus it is quite hard for
them to work freely. Neuroticism has been observed in most of the supervisors of the business at
different times. Alice Bloom who is the design department manager, often suffers from
depression as he cites that he sometimes feel too pressured given his serious lack of openness.
Secondly Janet Johnson being an African American have often been through instances where she
was indirectly taunted for her ethnicity and colour. This had made her quite vulnerable to stress.
The Apparel Product Manager, Ms. Jessie Mercado has a low openness which makes her quite
stressful while working. Apart from this the lifting shoes product manager, Lynn Bryant is too
angry during peak seasons as she tends to lose her stability in any small issues. This all examples
clearly depicts that neuroticism has been a major issue among the employees.
The selection of four pairs for Management operations includes the pairs of Alice Bloom
and Janet Johnson, Carrie Durant and Jessie Mercado and last but not the least Lynn Bryant and
Anam Basra. All these four different supervisor pairs have some strengths and weaknesses based
on their operational abilities. They are as follows;
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Alice Bloom and Janet Johnson  Both Alice and Janet have a
high level of extraversion that
can help in the success of the
business operations
 The pair can help the design
 The absence of a strong level
of openness and agreeableness
can be a major weakness
 The absence of a high
emotional stability among both

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department and marketing
department to work in an
enhanced manner
the persons in high pressure
can be a major weakness
Carrie Durant and Jessie Mercado  High Agreeableness is an
advantage for both of them
 An operational partnership in
between the two can surely
enhance the running shoes and
running apparel department
 Modern emotional stability of
both of them is a major
weakness
 Given the work experience of
both of them it will be tough to
agree on each other’s decision
Orlando Grant and Alice Bloom  Research and Development can
help improve the designs
department
 Absence of any formal link in
between the two departments is
a weakness
Lynn Bryant and Anam Basra  Partnership of both of them can
enhance the operations of the
Lifting Shoes and Apparels
department
 High conscientiousness has
helped to enhance the success
of the partners
 Absence of proper emotional
stability is a disadvantage
 Coming from an Asian
Background it will be difficult
for Anam to work with Lynn

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References and Bibliography
Bai, Y., Wu, W. P., & Cheung, M. F. (2019). How personality traits, employee incompetence
and consumer similarity influence shoplifting behavior. Journal of Consumer
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Iqbal, Q., & Hassan, S. H. (2016). Role of workplace spirituality: Personality traits and
counterproductive workplace behaviors in banking sector. International Journal of
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Siddique, S. (2018). Impact of Workplace Bullying on Group Cohesion Using Emotional
Exhaustion as Mediator and Neuroticism as Moderator (Doctoral dissertation, CAPITAL
UNIVERSITY).
Wisse, B., Barelds, D. P., & Rietzschel, E. F. (2015). How innovative is your employee? The
role of employee and supervisor Dark Triad personality traits in supervisor perceptions of
employee innovative behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 158-162.