Optimism: The Significance of Individual Contribution and Perception

Abstract

Authors from multiple disciplines have discussed the importance of personality attributes and the effect these attributes have on group experiences and the overlying impact of personality on organisational performance. A total of 166 five-person teams performing case analysis using managerial cases were used in this study. Significant statistical results suggest that the perception of a group’s optimism is a suitable indicator in measuring a group’s optimism. Results further demonstrate that individual perception is significant to the actual mean contributions of optimism and the perception of a group’s optimism is significantly similar to the group mean level of optimism. Implications of the findings of this study provide value for the hiring practices of domestic as well as international