Acton, G.S. (2002) proposed a Five-Factor Model, as depicted in Fig. 1, to explain the linkage between personality and job performance in the organizational context.

The five factors are as under:

Emotional stability: It has been observed that employees with a high emotional quotient and self-efficacy tend [...]

Decision Making

Decision Making is an act of narrowing down the possibilities, choosing a course of action and determing the problem’s potential consequences.

Steps to be followed:

Frame the issue: A problem well defined is half solved. But to define the problem by itself is a [...]

-             Create Awareness:

The first step is to create awareness amongst internal as well as external customers. This is because Merger is like a Marriage. As in marriage, the friends and relatives of both the parties are aware of the background alongwith the family members. Here the employees [...]

Without the customer it is impossible for any business to sustain itself.  Achieving the desired results is

frequently a result of customer actions, we can relate it to external customers definitely because our education asks us to believe so. But imagine what if you ignore internal customers?

Internal customers, as the name suggests is [...]

What would be the employee’s response if change occurs is always a big question mark. Change is about managing emotions traditionally banned at workplace. E.g. Imagine change is like you are getting old. No one likes to be old. But one can’t escape it. If 10 years later you don’t feel like looking [...]

MANAGING WORKPLACE NEGATIVITY

Types of Employees

Type of Employee
Trust
Enablement

Underdeveloped
Low
Low

Flying Blind
High
Low

Entrapped
Low
High

Peak Performers
High
High

Reasons for workplace negativity (CARAN)

-          Concerns about Management’s ability: The way the employees perceive the management matters a lot. Any miscommunication between employees and management leads to rise of [...]