This Big Five trait reflects how organized, responsible, and dependable a person is. It is the strongest predictor of overall job performance.
Conscientiousness
According to this model, attitudes influence behavior through this psychological factor.
Intentions
An employee stays calm and focused during a sudden deadline change while others begin to panic.
High Emotional Stability
This component includes accurate self-assessment and self-confidence.
Self-Management
The feelings or emotions someone has about a given object or situation
Affective Component
This trait measures how outgoing, sociable, and assertive a person is. It is strongly linked to leadership emergence.
Extraversion
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
A manager frequently overreacts to small problems and becomes visibly anxious when receiving feedback.
Low Emotional Stability
This component includes adaptability, achievement, and initiative
Self-Management
The psychological discomfort a person experiences when their attitudes or beliefs are incompatible with their behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
This trait reflects how cooperative, warm, and trusting someone is. High levels of this trait are linked to better teamwork and lower conflict.
Agreeableness
This determinant refers to the degree to which a person has a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of a behavior.
Attitude toward the behavior
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
This component includes empathy, organizational awareness, and service.
Social Awareness
When someone is working through bottled up emotions and can lead to exhaustion or burnout
Emotional Labor
This trait reflects emotional stability and how well a person handles stress. Low levels are associated with anxiety and mood swings.
Emotional Stability
This determinant refers to the perceived social pressure to perform or not perform a behavior.
Subjective norm
A team member remains composed during conflict and helps others stay grounded instead of escalating the situation
High Emotional Stability
This component includes inspirational leadership, developing others, and conflict management.
Relationship Management
When someone is goal incongruent and associates everything with failure or disappointment they are dealing with...
Negative Emotions
This trait reflects curiosity, creativity, and openness to new experiences. It is often associated with innovation and adaptability.
Openness to Experience
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
During organizational restructuring, one manager reassures their team and maintains composure, while another spreads anxiety about potential layoffs.
Emotional Stability
Self-awareness and self-management fall under this broader emotional intelligence category.
Social Competence
An employee who believes their efforts no longer matter after repeated setbacks and stops trying is experiencing this psychological condition.
Learned Helplessness