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Christian Gonzalez
ORGL 4361 BV3 Capstone II
Week 3
The Big Five Personality Dimensions
The Big Five Personality There are many more
Dimensions are also known dimensions or traits, Gordon
as the Big 5. The five Allport's list of 4,000
broad personality traits personality traits, Raymond
described by the theory are Cattells 16 personality factors,
extraversion, agreeableness, and Hans Eysenck's three-
openness, conscientiousness factor theory. However they
and neuroticism. can all agree on that this top
five are the most important
once for building a personality.
Building Blocks for a Personality
The Big 5 are used as the
building blocks for a The Big 5 are now an area of
personality. They are also research by psychologist due
the universal, used by more to they think the Big 5 can
than 50 different cultures.
be part of biological origins.
Which means the Big 5
shaped our social landscape.
Using the Big 5
People who know how to use the
Big 5 are very affective in a
work place. But, like with
everything it also has it cons.
One of the good things is that it And on the bad side about this people is that they can manipulate other and
limit what projects and work staff members get assigned as well as how far
makes people want to work they can go at a company.