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An approach to personality that considers each person to be unique. This contrasts with the *nomothetic approach, which measures personalities against ... Update Jumpto Content PersonalProfile:Signin orCreate About News SubscriberServices ContactUs Help ForAuthors OxfordReference Publications Pages Publications Pages Help Subject    Archaeology Art&Architecture Bilingualdictionaries Classicalstudies Encyclopedias EnglishDictionariesandThesauri History Languagereference Law Linguistics Literature Mediastudies Medicineandhealth Music Namesstudies Performingarts Philosophy Quotations Religion Scienceandtechnology Socialsciences Societyandculture BrowseAll ReferenceType    OverviewPages SubjectReference Timelines Quotations EnglishDictionaries BilingualDictionaries BrowseAll MyContent (0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveEntry MySearches(0) Recentlyviewed (0) SaveSearch Close ADictionaryofOrganizationalBehaviour EmmaJeanes Publisher: OxfordUniversityPress Publishedonline: 2019 CurrentOnlineVersion: 2019 eISBN: 9780191843273 ReadMore Highlightsearchterm Print Save Cite Emailthiscontent ShareLink Copythislink,orclickbelowtoemailittoafriend Emailthiscontent orcopythelinkdirectly: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191843273.001.0001/acref-9780191843273-e-148 Thelinkwasnotcopied.Yourcurrentbrowsermaynotsupportcopyingviathisbutton. LinkcopiedsuccessfullyCopylink ShareThis Subscribersignin Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Username PleaseenteryourUsername Password PleaseenteryourPassword Forgotpassword? Don'thaveanaccount? SigninviayourInstitution Youcouldnotbesignedin,pleasecheckandtryagain. Signinwithyourlibrarycard Pleaseenteryourlibrarycardnumber Searchwithinwork RelatedContent Inthisworknomotheticapproach ShowSummaryDetails PublishingInformation ListofEntriesbySubject FurtherReading idiographicapproach Source:ADictionaryofOrganizationalBehaviourAuthor(s):EmmaJeanesAnapproachtopersonalitythatconsiderseachpersontobeunique.Thiscontrastswiththe*nomotheticapproach,whichmeasurespersonalitiesagainstgeneralizabledimensions.Idiographicapproachesarequalitativeratherthanquantitativeanddonotseektomeasurebutunderstandtheindividualpersonality.Therearestilltestsusedtoexplorepersonalityinanidiographicapproach,suchastherepertorygridtechnique,whichseekstounderstandpersonalitybythewaysinwhichpeopleinterprettheirexperiences.ThisperspectiveisassociatedwithFreud’sid,ego,andsuperegomodelofpersonality.Idiographicapproachesarelesscommonlyusedinorganizationsbecauseofthecomplexityofmeasurementandtheinabilitytocompareindividuals(e.g.forrecruitmentpurposes),buttheycanbeusedinformallytoappreciatethatpeopleareuniqueandcanseetheworlddifferently.... ... AccesstothecompletecontentonOxfordReferencerequiresasubscriptionorpurchase.Publicusersareabletosearchthesiteandviewtheabstractsandkeywordsforeachbookandchapterwithoutasubscription.Pleasesubscribeorlogintoaccessfulltextcontent.Ifyouhavepurchasedaprinttitlethatcontainsanaccesstoken,pleaseseethetokenforinformationabouthowtoregisteryourcode.Forquestionsonaccessortroubleshooting,pleasecheckourFAQs,andifyoucan''tfindtheanswerthere,pleasecontactus. PublishingInformation ListofEntriesbySubject FurtherReading OxfordUniversityPress Copyright© 2021. Allrightsreserved. PRINTEDFROMOXFORDREFERENCE(www.oxfordreference.com).(c)CopyrightOxfordUniversityPress,2021.AllRightsReserved.Underthetermsofthelicenceagreement,anindividualusermayprintoutaPDFofasingleentryfromareferenceworkinORforpersonaluse(fordetailsseePrivacyPolicyandLegalNotice). date:26December2021 CookiePolicy PrivacyPolicy LegalNotice Credits Accessibility [165.22.51.111] 165.22.51.111 Signintoannotate Close Edit Characterlimit500/500 Delete Cancel Save @! Characterlimit500/500 Cancel Save