Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

List of figures and tables

About the author

List of acronyms

Chapter 1: Introduction

Making the most of strengths

The whole is more than the sum of the parts

Chapter 2: Personality

Trait theory

Consistency

Genetic base

Five-factor model

Chapter 3: Openness to experience – the exploration dimension

introduction

Open information interaction

Innovation and discovery

Joy of learning

Intuitive decision-making

Incidental information acquisition

Curiosity

Tip-of-the-tongue experience

Risk-taking

Cautious information interaction

Chapter 4: Conscientiousness – the persistence dimension

Introduction

Conscientious information interaction

Dedication and thoroughness

Work achievement

The goal in mind and heart

Careful decision-making

Laid-back information interaction

Chapter 5: Extroversion – the social dimension

Introduction

Interpersonal information interaction

Flexibility and pragmatism

Sensation seeking

Reflective information interaction

Chapter 6: Agreeableness – the trust dimension

Introduction

Agreeable information interaction

Competitive information interaction

Chapter 7: Negative affectivity – the emotional dimension

Introduction

Anxiety versus depression

Anxious perception

Anxious interpretation

Frenetic information seeking

Depression

Aggression

Pessimism

Negative emotionality as a barrier

Supporting the library anxious

Avoidance in a work context

Decision-making and relevance judgment

Chapter 8: Need for cognition

Chapter 9: Positive emotionality

Introduction

Mood

Incidental information acquisition

Motivation

Happily prolonging uncertainty

Flow

Chapter 10: Self-efficacy and self-confidence

Introduction

Self-assured information interaction

Confident decision-making

Efficiency in a work context

Insecure information interaction

Chapter 11: Locus of control

Introduction

Responsible information interaction

Helplessness

Chapter 12: Monitoring and blunting

Introduction

Intensive information seeking

Dispositional coping

Arousal

Monitoring and trait anxiety

Information avoidance

Chapter 13: Uncertainty orientation

Introduction

Uncertainty-oriented information interaction

Certainty-oriented information interaction

Uncertainty orientation and other traits

Chapter 14: Broad scanning, fast surfing and deep diving

Chapter 15: Discussion

You have your own unique talents in information interaction – capitalize on them!

Strengths in information interaction

Openness to experience

Conscientiousness

Extroversion

Agreeableness

Negative affectivity

The full picture

Five dimensions

Personality and information interaction 2.0 forward

References

Index