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Personality and Learning in Organizations

In: Introducing Organizational Behaviour

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  • Mike Smith

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

  • John Beck

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Cary L. Cooper

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Charles Cox

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Dick Ottaway

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Reg Talbot

    (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

Abstract

What is the personality? In 1937 one well-known psychologist (Gordon Allport) found fifty definitions in the literature. Today there would be many more. Not all writers think highly of the term. Brown (1964) calls it ‘rather a regretable word’. And Lazarus (1971) says: When the layman thinks about personality, he is likely to view it as the impression one makes on others; he is likely to be concerned with such things as having a ‘good’ or ‘effective’ personality … When the psychologist thinks about personality, however, he sees it as the study of the stable psychological structures and processes that organize human environment.

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  • Mike Smith & John Beck & Cary L. Cooper & Charles Cox & Dick Ottaway & Reg Talbot, 1982. "Personality and Learning in Organizations," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Introducing Organizational Behaviour, chapter 4, pages 54-71, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-16833-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16833-0_4
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