The document discusses the key determinants of personality, including biological factors like heredity and brain structure, physical factors like height and appearance, social factors like relationships and environment, and cultural/religious factors like traditions and beliefs. It notes that heredity plays a surprising role in personality through brain similarities between parents and children. Physical characteristics, social interactions, and the cultures and religions one is exposed to all shape personality development in meaningful ways. The extract is from the textbook "Essentials of Organizational Behavior".

1. Organizational Behavior
Personality
• Tushar Kadlag

2. ABOUT PERSONALITY
DETERMINANTS:
1. Biological Factor

3. Heredity Factor
• Perhaps, the most surprising and astonishing
factor (at least in my eyes) is the “Heredity
Factor”. When I first read about that, I was
quite stunned and really gave a bow to nature.
The example which I read was really
interesting, and I am writing the same extract
that I read.

4. Brain
• Brain is one of the most important
factors of personality determinant. It
is generally believed that the father
and the child adopt almost the same
type of brain stimulation and the later
differences are the result of the
environment in which the child has
been grown up.
• Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
(ESB) and Split Brain Psychology (SBP)
and the outcomes of genetic
transmissions and are the tools that
are used by the management of any
organization to mould and amend the
employee’s behavior to a more
positive and proper one.

5. 2. Physical Factors
• One of the most important
factors in determining personality
is the ‘Physical Characteristics’ of
an individual. It is believed that
this factor plays a vital role in
determining one’s behavior in any
organization. Physical features
may involve the height of a
person (short or tall), his color
(white or black), his health status
(fat or skinny) and his beauty
(handsome or ugly).
• These factors are involved when
interacting with any other person
and thus contribute in the
personality development in many
ways.

6. 3. Social Factors
• Social factors also play a vital role in
determining one’s personality. The
things that revolve and evolve
around us on a regular basis
determine our personality. The
society that we live in, the cultural
environment that we face daily, the
community we get interacted to, all
are included in this factor.
Relationships, co-ordination, co-
operation, interaction, environment
in the
family, organizations, workplaces, co
mmunities, societies all contribute
in way or another as personality
determinants.

7. 4. Cultural and Religious Factors
• The culture in which one lives in, that may involve traditional
practices, norms, customs, procedures, rules and regulations, precedents
and values, all are important determinants of personality.
• Moreover, the creed, religion and believes are also very important factors
of personality determinants.

8. This extract is being taken by the book
“Essentials of Organizational Behavior – 10th
Edition by Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A.
Judge and Seema Sanghi”

9. Personality:
•
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey
is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes
of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are
simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra
class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.