Differentiate between personality and behaviour. Explain the approaches you would follow for matching personality and jobs.

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Differentiation between Personality and Behaviour Personality and behaviour are differentiated below.

Personality	Behaviour
Personality is defined as the characteristic patterns of behaviour and modes of thinking that determine a person's adjustment to the environment.	Behaviour is the outcome of external stimulus and internal cognitive or mental process.
Personality cannot be easily predicted and measured.	Behaviour can be predicted and can also be measured in some extent.
Personality is the source of new information received and interpreted by an individual.	Behaviour is the result of new information received and interpreted by an individual.
Personality mainly is the result of individual characteristics.	Behaviour is resulted from motivation and the result of situation.

Approaches for Matching Personality and Jobs

Personality and jobs are matched to ensure personality-job fit. When a job is assigned as per the personality of the individual, high performance can be expected. So, a rational manager should always think of personality of the employee while assigning him any task.

Organizations operate in a dynamic and complex environment. They want employees who can readily change tasks and move between teams. They aim for a personality- organization fit. Organization should select those employees who fit better with organization's culture.

This leads to high satisfaction and low turnover.

Some of the approaches that are followed for matching personality and jobs are explained below:

Realistic: It prefers physical activities that require skill, strength and coordination. The personality characteristics of realistic are shy genuine, stable conforming etc. Their matching jobs are drill, press, etc.
Investigative: It prefers activities that involve thinking organizing and understanding. The personality characteristics tare analytical, original curious, independent etc. - Their matching job are news reporter, mathematician, etc.
Social: It prefers activities that involve helping and developing others. The personality- characteristics are sociable, friendly, cooperative, understanding, etc. Their matching jobs are teaching, counsellor, social worker etc.
Conventional: It prefers rule regulated, ordering and unambiguous activities. The personality characteristics are conforming, efficient, practical, unimaginative, inflexible, etc. Their matching jobs are accountant, bank teller, manager etc.
Enterprising: It prefers verbal activities where there are opportunities to influence other and attain power. The personality characteristics are self-confident, ambitious, energetic dominating, etc. Their matching jobs are lawyer, P/R officer, and small business manager.
1. Artistic: It prefers ambiguous and unsystematic activities that allows creative expression. The personality traits are imaginative, idealistic, etc. Their matching jobs are painter, musician, writer, etc.
Thus, if jobs are matched to personality attributes, employee will be more motivated towards the job given to him. Therefore, a rational manager should be conscious regarding the type of the job and personality of the employee.