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| Both the natural aptitudes and learned capabilities required to successfully complete a task. |
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| Achievement-nurturing orientation |
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| A competitive versus cooperative view of relations with other people |
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| Big Five personality dimensions |
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| The five abstract dimensions representing most personality traits: conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extroversion (CANOE) |
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| The extent to which people value duty to groups to which they belong as well as group harmony. |
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| The abilities, values, personality traits, and other characteristics of people that lead to superior performance. |
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| counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) |
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| Voluntary behaviors that have the potential to directly or indirectly harm the organization. |
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| How much employees identify with and are emotionally committed to their work, are cognitively focused on that work, and possess the ability and resources to do so |
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| A personal characteristic that enables people to recognize the presence and determine the relative importance of an ethical issue. |
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| The study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad. |
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| A “Big Five” personality dimension that characterizes people who are outgoing, talkative, sociable, and assertive. |
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| The extent to which people value independence and personal uniqueness. |
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| A “Big Five” personality dimension that characterizes people who are territorial and solitary. |
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| A person’s attitude regarding their job and work content. |
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| A personality trait referring to the extent to which people believe events are within their control. |
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| The degree to which an issue demands the application of ethical principles. |
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| The forces within a person that affect his or her direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior |
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| Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) |
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| A personality inventory designed to identify individuals’ basic preferences for perceiving and processing information. |
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| organizational citizenship |
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| Behaviors that extend beyond the employee’s normal job duties. |
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| The relatively stable pattern of behaviors and consistent internal states that explain a person’s behavioral tendencies. |
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| The extent to which people accept unequal distribution of power in a society. |
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| A personality trait referring to an individual’s level of sensitivity behavior of others and the ability to adapt appropriately to these situational cues. |
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| The degree to which people tolerate ambiguity or feel threatened by ambiguity and uncertainty. |
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| Stable, long-lasting beliefs about what is important in a variety of situations. |
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| A situation wherein two or more entities have similar value systems. |
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