Personality encompasses a person’s relatively stable feelings,
thoughts, and behavioral patterns. Each of us has a unique
personality that differentiates us from other people, and
understanding someone’s personality gives us clues about how that
person is likely to act and feel in a variety of situations. To manage
effectively, it is helpful to understand the personalities of different
employees. Having this knowledge is also useful for placing people
into jobs and organizations.
If personality is stable, does this mean that it does not change? You
probably remember how you have changed and evolved as a result of
your own life experiences, parenting style and attention you have
received in early childhood, successes and failures you experienced
over the course of your life, and other life events. In fact, personality
does change over long periods of time. For example, we tend to
become more socially dominant, more conscientious (organized and