Introduction to Openness
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Openness is a personality trait/dimension that is covered in more than one of the personality theories. In organizations, lack of openness leads to enormous inefficiency and reduced productivity. Based on the experience of Dr. Will Schutz, 80% of work problems are not real problems at all. They are simply the results of not being open- of distorting or withholding.* We will tackle it through both Firo Element B (Will Schutz- 1958) and the Big Five factors (Costa and McCrae- 1987) and recognize its nature in both theories.