HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

The Endomorphic is an excression of excess visceral (excess fat) He says such person is jollyloving,
pleasure seeking etc. The Mesomorphic is an indication of bones and muscles, wide
shoulders, narrow hips, square jaws, huge and strong we call them morons, imbeciles, nit wit etc.
The Ectomorphic is tall, thin, stoop shoulder, an indication of sensitive nervous system, he says
that they are intelligent.
2. Social or Cultural Determinant
It emphasizes the role of the social environment especially with respect to individual’s
experiences as members of a culture. Culture is a total way of life a people (repertoire) which is
shared and transmitted from generation to generation through the process of socialization.
For a society to function properly there must be a shared pattern of behaviour which determines
that you expect of people and what people and what people expect of you. Each member gets
socialized into those social behaviour and which in turn mould an individual. To this extent we
can say that a culture produces its personality types meanings that a culture develops certain
personality traits in common with which every member of the culture is recognized, each member
of the culture represents this typical personality but with some individual derivations. For
example, some cultures develops somewhat aggressive personalities others develop placid or
submissive personalities, other develop active agile persons, Zulus are war like because culture
teach them to be so.
3 Role Determinant
Sociologist define role as the behaviour that is associated with a social status position. We as
human beings have our roles to perform for a number of reasons. In certain cases the culture
defines individual role. So because we are males or females we have certain roles called sex roles.
As fathers or mothers we have parental role as defined by the culture. For example, In Nigeria
men are domineering. In the USA women are domineering.
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