Traits as (Social) Resources

Laura Leduc

Abstract

I this paper I propose that we should think about traits as resources that we have available to use - resources that can be leveraged to accomplish goals. This way of thinking about traits can be useful in understand how followers will behave in organizations in a variety of situations, including how they will react to change initiatives. This proposal is grounded in the Big Five Theory of personality, as well as Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory.

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Feb 18th, 11:45 AM Feb 18th, 1:00 PM

Traits as (Social) Resources

I this paper I propose that we should think about traits as resources that we have available to use - resources that can be leveraged to accomplish goals. This way of thinking about traits can be useful in understand how followers will behave in organizations in a variety of situations, including how they will react to change initiatives. This proposal is grounded in the Big Five Theory of personality, as well as Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory.