The probationary period usually runs from six months to one year and gives the supervisor or manager an opportunity to evaluate an employeeâs performance and conduct on the job, provide remedial opportunities and, if it is necessary, remove or reassign the employee.
(genetics) Characteristics or attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment. Supplement. Traits include physical attributes of an organism such as hair color, leaf shape, size, etc., and behavioral characteristics, such as bird nesting. Word origin: L tractus. See also: phenotype, inheritance, gene. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page.
A genetically determined characteristic or condition. Traits may be physical, such as hair color or leaf shape, or they may be behavioral, such as nesting in birds and burrowing in rodents. Traits typically result from the combined action of several genes, although some traits are expressed by a single gene. The difference between a behavior and a trait is simple: a behavior can be changed; a trait is essentially impossible to change.