What are the Personal factors affecting Individual behavior?

 What are the Personal factors affecting Individual behavior?

 
Meaning- Individual behaviour refers to how an employee or individual acts, reacts, or responds in a given situation. No two people are alike, nor do they behave in the same way. Human behaviour is highly unpredictable. We cannot assume a single pattern of behaviour in behaviour. Modern theories of human behaviour are based on differences that can have an impact on an organisation.

Personal Factors-

The personal factors which influence the individual behavior can be classified into two categories-

1.       Biographical Characteristics- Every human being acquires certain genetic factors and inherited characteristics. These are the characteristics that humans are born with. If the manager is aware of the inherited qualities and limitations of the individuals, they will be able to use organisational behaviour techniques more effectively. All of the characteristics are described in detail below:

                    (i)  Age- Age is assumed to be an inherited trait because it is determined by the date of birth. The issue of increasing performance is the relationship between age and job performance. Younger people are psychologically expected to be more energetic, innovative, adventurous, and risk takers. Older people, on the other hand, are more conservative, set in their ways, and less adaptable. There is also a link between age and absenteeism. Older workers are more likely to be absent from work for unavoidable reasons, such as poor health.

                    (ii)  Gender- It is genetically determined whether a person is male or female. Women are expected to be more emotional than men, which results in a high turnover rate. It is due to a higher proportion of women quitting their jobs for personal reasons.

                    (iii) Religion- Individual religious values influence various aspects of his or her behaviour in the workplace. When performing their roles, highly religious people are more strict about following moral values, ethics, and codes of conduct.

                    (iv) Physical Characteristics- Personal characteristics include skin colour, complexion, vision, height, weight, nose size, and other factors that influence an individual's performance. A person with good physical characteristics has an appealing personality, dresses well, and behaves gently in the workplace.

                                    (v)  Marital Status- According to the researcher, as an individual's marital status increases, his or her responsibilities increase, and having a steady, proper job becomes more important. Such employees have fewer absences, a lower turnover rate, and a higher level of job satisfaction.

                     (vi) Ability- Abilities are traits that a person learns from their surroundings as well as traits that they are born with. These characteristics are as follows:

                                                 (a)  Intellectual abilities- It personifies intelligence, verbal and analytical reasoning abilities, memory, and verbal comprehension.

                                                 (b)   Physical abilities- It personifies a person's physical strength, stamina, body unity, and motor skills.

                    (vii)   Intelligence- Generally, it is considered that intelligence is an inherited quality. Some people are born intelligent or in other words intelligent produce intelligent children. But practical experience has shown that sometimes very intelligent parents have less intelligent children and sometimes average parents have very intelligent children.

1.       Learned Characteristics- Biographical characteristics are hard to change or modify once a person is born. As a result, managers place a high value on studying, learning, predicting, and applying learned characteristics. The following are some of the learned characteristics:

                  (i)                  Personality- Personality does not refer solely to physical characteristics of a person, but rather to the development of an individual's psychological system. These are personality traits such as patience, extroverts, dominance, aggressiveness, and so on.

(ii)                Perception-It is an individual's point of view that interprets a specific situation. Perception is defined as the process by which information enters the mind and is interpreted in order to provide some sensible meaning to the world.

(iii)              Values- These are broad beliefs that guide specific actions and judgments in a variety of situations. It is a person's idea that is based on good, right, and desirable opinions.

(iv)              Attitude- Attitude is the intangible learned reaction or response of a person's entire thinking activity over a period of time.

Conclusion-

As a result of the above, we can conclude that all personal factors, whether learned or biographical, have an impact on individual behaviour.