Big 5 Personality
Intentions and Behavior
Scenarios
4 Key Components
Miscellaneous
100

This Big Five trait reflects how organized, responsible, and dependable a person is. It is the strongest predictor of overall job performance. 

Conscientiousness

100

According to this model, attitudes influence behavior through this psychological factor.


Intentions

100

An employee stays calm and focused during a sudden deadline change while others begin to panic.


High Emotional Stability

100

This component includes accurate self-assessment and self-confidence.

Self-Management

100

The feelings or emotions someone has about a given object or situation

Affective Component

200

This trait measures how outgoing, sociable, and assertive a person is. It is strongly linked to leadership emergence.

Extraversion

200

Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior states that these three factors determine a person’s intentions.


Attitude toward the behavior, Subjective norm, and Perceived behavioral control

200

A manager frequently overreacts to small problems and becomes visibly anxious when receiving feedback.

Low Emotional Stability

200

This component includes adaptability, achievement, and initiative 

Self-Management

200

The psychological discomfort a person experiences when their attitudes or beliefs are incompatible with their behavior

Cognitive Dissonance

300

This trait reflects how cooperative, warm, and trusting someone is. High levels of this trait are linked to better teamwork and lower conflict.

Agreeableness

300

This determinant refers to the degree to which a person has a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of a behavior.


Attitude toward the behavior

300

After receiving constructive criticism, an employee takes it personally, worries excessively about job security, and struggles to focus for the rest of the day.

Low Emotional Stability

300

This component includes empathy, organizational awareness, and service.


Social Awareness

300

When someone is working through bottled up emotions and can lead to exhaustion or burnout

Emotional Labor

400

This trait reflects emotional stability and how well a person handles stress. Low levels are associated with anxiety and mood swings.

Emotional Stability

400

This determinant refers to the perceived social pressure to perform or not perform a behavior.


Subjective norm

400

A team member remains composed during conflict and helps others stay grounded instead of escalating the situation

High Emotional Stability

400

This component includes inspirational leadership, developing others, and conflict management.

Relationship Management

400

When someone is goal incongruent and associates everything with failure or disappointment they are dealing with...

Negative Emotions

500

This trait reflects curiosity, creativity, and openness to new experiences. It is often associated with innovation and adaptability.

Openness to Experience

500

This determinant refers to the perceived ease or difficulty of performing a behavior and is especially important when predicting behavior under an individual’s control.


Perceived behavioral control

500

During organizational restructuring, one manager reassures their team and maintains composure, while another spreads anxiety about potential layoffs. 

Emotional Stability

500

Self-awareness and self-management fall under this broader emotional intelligence category.

Social Competence

500

An employee who believes their efforts no longer matter after repeated setbacks and stops trying is experiencing this psychological condition.

Learned Helplessness

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