... individual of those psychological systems that determine his unique adjustments to the environment" Personality can be defined as: "Personality represents those characteristics of the person that account for consistent patterns of behaviour" (Pervin 1993) Hollander also defined personality as "the sum total of and individuals characteristics, which make him unique" (Hollander 1971) Hollander came up with a diagram to show his theory of the structure or personality. This involves three main components, the outer ring, the inner ring and the inner core: Hollander (1971) Structure of personality Outer ring - the outer ring is the most superficial aspect. Hollander explains it as role related behaviour. This means that as the perception of the environment changes, we change our behaviour. For example when sitting in a job interview a persons perception of the environment would be different from there perception when dancing in a night club, from this perception there behaviour changes accordingly Inner ring - the ...

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