INDIVIDUAL HUMAN

BEHAVIOR
● What is Individual Behavior?
Individual behavior refers to the actions,
responses, reactions, and behaving
ways of the individual in a particular
position. It is the combination of
responses to internal and external
stimuli.
Each Individual/human behavior is
different from others. Understanding
human behavior helps to know how
particularly people respond to some
situations and express themselves.
 Factors Influencing Individual
Behavior
- We behave differently in different situations. It is all agreed
that human behavior is caused, motivated, and goal-directed We
behave and respond to something based on our knowledge,
experience, and environment around us. In fact, these are the
factors that form individual behavior.
 There are diversified factors affecting
individual behavior however they are broadly
classified into four categories.
Personal biographical Environmental factors.
factors.

Psychological factors. Organizational factors.

Personal Biographical Factors
Individual biographical factors are inherited in nature - These are inherited by individuals from
their parents. From the date they come to the earth they are characterized by biographical
factors. They are:

Sex - Sex or gender is an inherited characteristic that is determined by birth as male or

female. Found, males are emotionally stronger than women. Even physically males are
stronger. Traditionally, females are mainly involved in household work and males are in work.
But, this has changed men and women equally involved in jobs.
Age - Age is the length of time that determines the time a person lived. The age of an
individual start to increase from the day he/she is born. At a young age, people tend to be
more creative and energetic and are curious to explore things.

Education - By birth, people learn to speak, walk, behave, and respond to their surroundings.
Parents and other family members are the first educators of people. From the parents, children
learn the basic education, and morality, and become socialized human beings.
Abilities - It is the personal strength people
have. The inherited ability of individuals is
greatly influenced by the health of parents,
nutrition, and the environment around them.
Abilities can be inherited or learned.
Marital Status - Married people seem
more responsible towards family than other
unmarried. For them steady jobs become
important and such employees are
expected to devote their best effort to the
workplace.
Psychological Factors
Psychological factors - are the learned characteristics of the individual. These are the factors
individuals have to learn from the environment and built concepts about the world. Major
psychological factors are:
Personality - Everyone’s personality is unique. Personality refers to the ways a person
thinks, feels, acts, and behaves and which are unique from others. The unique nature of
individuals is the psychological characteristics that they gained from experience and
knowledge.
Perception - is the viewpoints of individuals around the world and the interpretation of the
things they see. It is the psychological process of seeing objects and constructing
conclusions. Two persons’ perceptions are different their seeing way of the world probably
can not be the same.

Attitude - is the belief system that directs our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Attitude can be
positive or negative as so we differently respond to people, situations, and ideas.
● Values - Values are the moral belief
and structures of people that guide
their actions. Values consist of an
individual’s philosophy as to what is
good, right, or desirable and they
contain moral flavor.
Learning - Humans are learning beings.
From birth to death people never stops
learning. It takes place during interaction
with the environment and relatively
permanently changes the thinking, behavior,
and actions of people.
 Environmental Factors
Environmental factors are inevitable factors that
have a greater influence on individual behavior.
Such as:

― Irene M. Pepperberg
Economic Conditions - A person with a stable job and a
good salary will definitely seem fit and clean than a person who
doesn’t have one. When there are more employment
opportunities the economic conditions of people seem to be
good and living standards also improve.

Political Conditions - Politics have a great influence on

organizations, people, and the whole nation. People are
knowingly and unknowingly affected by the political system. A
stable political system is required to operate stables jobs
opportunities, provide freedom to people, and make different
choices as they want.
 Cultural Values. Every society’s cultural values are different. Whenever
a person shifts to the next society he must understand and adapt their
cultural ties. Similarly, different organizations have different cultures that
employees must assume.

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 Organizational Factors
In organizational settings, there are also
different factors that affect individuals i.e.
employees’ behavior working there. Such as:

Physical Facilities - Physical facilities of an Organizational Structure - It refers to

organization refer to the physical condition
consisting of office furnishing, the comfort of
working, etc. The physical environment of
the organization positively influences
employees – they feel physically safe
working there.
how an organization is structured, and
how different roles, responsibilities, and
duties are divided. A sound
organizational structure clearly defines
the how-to functions freeing employees’
from roles conflicts and achieving
greater efficiency.

Leadership Styles. Today
managers are leaders also. Being
a manager he should have to
influence and encourage his
employees for better
performance. In an encouraging
working environment, employees
tend to stay longer and reduce
turnover.
Reward System. It is
agreed that individual
behavior is goal-
directed. Employees
feel motivated, stay
longer, and contribute
their best effort in an
organization that has
a fair pay system.
 Individual Behavior
Framework

On the basis of these elements, psychologist Kurt Lewin stated the Field theory
and outlined the behavior framework. This psychological theory studies the
patterns of interaction between an individual and the environment. The theory is
expressed using the formula
B = F(P,E)
where, B – Behavior, F - Behavior Function, P – Person, and E -
Environment around the person.
 Causes of Individual
Behavior

Certain individual characteristics are

responsible for the way a person
behaves in daily life situations as well
as reacts to any emergency situations.

These characteristics are categorized

as:

• Inherited characteristics
• Learned characteristics
Inherited Characteristics
The features individuals acquire from their parents or from our
forefathers are the inherited characteristics. In other words, the gifted
features an individual possesses by birth is considered as inherited
characteristics.

Following features are considered as

inherited characteristics −
• Color of a person’s eye
• Religion/Race of a person
• Shape of the nose
• Shape of earlobes
Learned Characteristics
Nobody learns everything by birth. First our school is our home, then our
society followed by our educational institutions. The characteristics an
individual acquires by observing, practicing and learning from others and the
surroundings is known as learned characteristics.
It consists of the following features −

Perception − Result of different senses like feeling, hearing etc.

Values − Influences perception of a situation, decision making process.
Personality − Patterns of thinking, feeling, understanding and behaving.
Attitude − Positive or negative attitude like expressing one’s thought.
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