Psychiatry and Society

Use work style assessment to hire the best - and avoid the rest Work style is a combination of personality traits  that are relevant and specific to the workplace. Work style is highly predictive of job performance and employee behaviour. Differences in working style explain how people with similar knowledge, ability, goals, and desire to perform differ in the actual performance of their jobs. In today's complex business environment talent selection is critical and is at the top of a manager's list of priorities. Selecting employees for job-relevant personality traits improves job performance in the organisation. Work style and job performance Individuals differ in job performance despite having similar task abilities. The personality traits the individual brings to the organization along with abilities, interests, education, and experience, are responsible for this difference. Personality traits are a major contributor to variations in job performance. The...

Last week I gave a talk on Personality and Sexuality. One question that cropped up was - "How do I know if my partner is cheating on me?" By chance the next morning there was a newspaper article attributing uncommitted sex, one-night stands, and acts of infidelity to genetics. Individuals who have frequent sex with multiple partners are psychologically different from those who have frequent sex with single partner (Simpson & Gangestad, 1991). This sociosexual difference places individuals in two groups Unrestricted sociosexual types , have a higher number of sexual partners, and one night stands. They have a permissive attitude to casual and uncommitted sex. Restricted sociosexual types , require greater closeness and commitment before sex with their romantic partner.   Genetics plays an important role in sociosexuality Genes evolve to enhance survival of the species. From an evolutionary viewpoint females reproduce with a mate who will invest in ...