Explain how an individual's personality and character traits affect their behavior at work. Management Perspective in Travel and...

As many as 70% of employers use Personality Testing to
evaluate job applicants.  Aside from providing information of value as described below,
Personality Testing offers the following advantages:

1. 
Employees exaggerate or lie on applications, resumes and interviews, but are seldom
successful in faking personality tests.

2.  The tests save
time, and add efficiency to the process of evaluating a prospective
employee.

3.  Selection of the best employee through
testing saves money.

4.  Selection of the best employee
reduces turnover.

Here are some personality traits and
character qualities detectable on Personality Testing that affect employee behavior in
obvious ways:

1.  Honesty versus
dishonesty

2.  Motivation versus
lazy

3.  Self-discipline versus untamable free
spirit

4.  Teamwork mentality versus reclusive and
resentful

5.  Calm demeanor versus anger management
issues

Personality Testing can also detect skills or the
lack thereof in areas of employee behavior beneficial to the company’s mission, such as
skills in communication, interpersonal relationships, management, leadership and
sales.

Yes, Personality and Character have a great deal to
do with employee behavior in the work place, and resulting value to the company.  It is
for this reason that the majority of employers use personality/behavioral testing to
evaluate job applicants.