HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

Similarly individual are born into masculine sex role and femine sex role and so in Nigeria again it
is the father role to provide the bread and finance the home. The mother stay at home, cook the
food and take care of the children, this may be viewed differently by some other societies.
Similarly some people find themselves in different social classes each of which has its own roles
to perform. For example, some people are in the lower class, others in the middle and yet others in
the upper. It is often said that lower class people exhibit greater tendency towards aggression.
4. Situational Determinant
It tends to suggest that the situation in which a person is placed makes an input on the personality.
This is what Kurt Lewin calls “Eco behaviour”. That environment is a source of input for
personality output. In order words, the personality is an expression of the interaction between
environment and the individual. For example, sometimes some people in prison never committed
any crime but however they were locked up because they could not clear themselves from the
charges pressed against them, it is therefore noticed afterwards that such persons develop into
criminals because they have been made to develop dependency syndrome while in the prison.
Along this line is the unique experience of the individual which make great impact on the
personality, very relevant here are experiences in the home.
3.3 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
We shall consider two (2) main theories and these are:
1. The Psycho-Analytical Theory of Personality
2. The Trait Theory Personality
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