Question

Suppose you are HR manager of software house. What behavioral predictions might you make if you knew that an employee had (a) An external locus of control (b) A low Match score (c) Low self-esteem (d) High self-monitoring tendencies?

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) Individuals who rate high in externality are less satisfied with their  jobs, have higher absenteeism rates, are more alienated from the work setting,and are less involved on their jobs than are internals. Externals are more compliant and willing to follow directions. Externals should do well on jobs that are well structured and routine and in which success depends heavily on complying with the direction of others. b) An individual high in Machiavellianism is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes thatends can justify means. High Machs manipulate more, win more, are persuadedless, and persuade others more. High Mach outcomes are moderated bysituational factors. High Machs flourish when they interact face to face with others rather than indirectly, when the situation has a minimum number of rules and regulations, thus allowing latitude for improvisation, and when emotional involvement with details irrelevant to winning distracts low Machs. High Machs make good employees in jobs that require bargaining skills or that offer substantial rewards for winning. c) Self-esteem

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the degree to which they like or dislike themselves. It is directly related to expectations for success.Individuals with high self-esteem will take more risks in job selection and are   more likely to choose unconventional jobs than people with low self-esteem.The most generalizable finding is that low SEs are more susceptible to external influence than are high SEs. Low SEs are dependent on the receipt of positive evaluations from others. In managerial positions, low SEs will tend to be

concerned with pleasing others. d) A Type A personality is ―aggressively

involved in a chronic, incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less andless time, and, if required to do so, against the opposing efforts of other things  or other persons .

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