Exploring the Reservoirs of Drivers and Blockers (Conscious and Unconscious): Big Five Personality Traits

Ian C. Woodward (), Samah Shaffakat () and Vincent H. Dominé ()
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Ian C. Woodward: INSEAD
Samah Shaffakat: Liverpool Business School
Vincent H. Dominé: INSEAD

Chapter Chapter 5 in Exploring Leadership Drivers and Blockers, 2019, pp 41-49 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter reviews literature and research on the Big Five personality traits, namely agreeableness, extraversion, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness, and their role as drivers and blockers in an individual’s change efforts. Personality traits constitute an important component of self-awareness. Understanding and identifying differences in personality can play a critical role in self-awareness and leadership development, helping people identify and solve their weaknesses, implement solutions and handle difficult situations. We argue that the five personality traits can influence people’s motivation and behaviors, encouraging them to direct, accept and oppose change. These directly relate to potential drivers and blockers—and in our field research we have seen these factors operate as extremely powerful drivers and blockers. In this chapter, we explain and explore each trait in turn, along with the hypothesized associations between these and a person’s change efforts. As an important contribution to the literature in the field, this chapter includes detailed examples of drivers and blockers for each of the Big Five traits.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6276-7_5

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