The present study was conducted on a sample size of 325
students who were pursuing MBA Program in a premier B-School
in India. Cattell's "16 personality factor (16PF) questionnaire"
was used to study the differences in the personality factors
of introverts and extroverts with respect to three global
factor measures, viz., anxiety, tough poise and independence.The
hypotheses formulated were that, introverts were more on
high anxiety, show tender-minded emotionality and were more
subdued as compared to extroverts. Logistic regression was
carried out and the results supported the hypotheses. The
implications of these findings are discussed for the benefit
of career counselors and soft skills trainers.
Personality is a term which is most commonly used to describe
an individual's set of traits, some of which are in some
way commonly related to others and some are unique to each
individual. We describe people by using words like perfectionist,
sincere, bold, etc., and call it as personality of the person.
Gordon Allport, the pioneer in personality theory, defined
personality as, "The dynamic organization within the
individual of those psychophysical systems that determine
his unique adjustments to his environment." Personality
is not a single independent mechanism but closely related
to other human cognitive and emotional systems. Personality
is not just what we have but rather how we relate to the
world around us. A number of different theoretical approaches
on personality exist, such as psychodynamic approach, social
learning approach and the humanistic approach. These various
approaches to personality help in analyzing personality,
as personality itself is a hypothetical construct which
can never be directly observed but can only be inferred
from behavior.
Personality encompasses the relatively enduring characteristics
that differentiate people—those behaviors that make
each one of us unique. When we mention about someone's personality,
we also think about what makes that person different from
other people, perhaps even unique. This aspect of personality
is called individual differences which is the central issue
to some personality theorists. These individual differences
make us act in a consistent and predictable manner both
in different situations and over extended periods of time.
Individual differences are measured by using psychometric
tests through which one can compare people or categorize
people as introverts, extroverts, anxious, independent and
so on.
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