FIVE TYPES OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR INWORKPLACE1.OrganizationalCitizenshipBehaviors(OCB’s) –various forms of cooperation andhelpfulness to others that support theorganization’s social and psychologicalcontext.2.CounterproductiveWorkBehavior(CWB’s) –voluntary behaviors that have thepotential to directly or indirectly harm theorganization.3.Joining/Staying with the Organization4.Maintaining Work AttendanceoPresenteeism –attending scheduledwork when one’s capacity to performis significantly diminished by illnessor some other factors.5.Task PerformancePersonality –is the relatively enduring pattern ofthoughts, emotions, and behaviors that characterize aperson, along with the psychological processes behindthose characteristics.Personality Traits –are broad concepts that allow usto label and understand individual differences.PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS1.Nature –refers to our genetic or hereditaryorigins – the genes we inherit from ourparents.2.Nurture –the person’s socialization, lifeexperiences, and other forms of interactionwith the environment.Five-factor Model (FFM) –also known as the “BigFive” personality dimension. The five abstractdimensions representing most personality traits:conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness toexperience, agreeableness and extroversion.•Conscientiousness –organized, dependable,goal-focused,thorough,disciplined,methodical and industrious. Contrast: careless,less thorough, disorganized and irresponsible.•Agreeableness –trusting, helpful, good-natured, considerate, tolerant, selfless,generous, flexible. Contrast uncooperative,
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Individual behaviour refers to the way in which an individual reacts or behaves at his place of work. It can be defined as a combination of reactions to internal and external stimuli. Individual behaviour defines how a person will respond under distinct conditions and will express different emotions such as happiness, rudeness, love, anger etc. It refers to some concrete action by an individual. Study of individual behaviour reveals the behaviour of human at the working environment. Behaviour of an individual have a great influence on the performance of organization. Positive behaviour will lead to enhance the productivity. Whereas on another hand, negative behaviour will cause damages and bring heavy losses for company. Factors Influencing Individual BehaviourVarious factors affecting the individual behaviour is classified into following categories: –
Personal FactorsPersonal factors are of 2 types: Biographic and Learned Characteristics Biographic Characteristics: Biographic characteristics are genetic nature and are inherited by individual by their parents or forefathers. These are gifted features that an individual possesses by birth. All of these biographic characteristics are listed below: –
Learned Characteristics: Learned characteristics refers to the changes in persons behaviour that comes from his/her interactions with environment.
Environmental FactorsThe external environment has an effective role in influencing the individual behaviour.
Organizational FactorsWide range of organizational factors influence behaviour of individual which are listed below: –
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