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Interpersonal Behavior
Terms and Concepts for Review
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Management
Undergraduate 2
10/18/2011

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Assertiveness
Definition
Process of expressing feelings, asking for legitimate changes, and giving and receiving honest feedback.
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Bases of Power
Definition
Sources by which leaders gain and extend their influence over others; these bases include personal, legitimate, expert, reward, and coercive power.
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Coercive power
Definition
Capacity to punish other people (or to create the perceived threat to do so) so as the influence them.
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Conditional strokes
Definition
Strokes offered to employees if they perform correctly or avoid problems.
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Conflict
Definition
Disagreement over the goals to attain or the methods to be used to accomplish them.
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Confronting
Definition
Facing a conflict directly and working through it to a mutually satisfactory resolution. Also known as problem solving or integrating.
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Expert power
Definition
Power that arises from a person’s knowledge of and information about a complex situation.
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Impression Management
Definition
Ability to protect one’s self-image while intentionally affecting another’s assessment of oneself.
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Interpersonal Facilitation
Definition
The capacity to focus on others’ personal needs, sensitivities, and idiosyncrasies and then work to keep conflict under control and collaboration high among team members.
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Interpersonal orientation
Definition
The dominant way of treating people that a person believes in and displays.
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Legitimate power
Definition
Power that is delegated legitimately form higher-established authorities to others.
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Mixed stroke
Definition
A message in which an individual sends or (receives) a combination of both positive and negative messages; it is thus often unclear what the overall intent was meant to be.
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Negative strokes
Definition
Recognition provided that hurts physically or emotionally when received and detracts from other’s sense of well-being.
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Norm of reciprocity
Definition
Principle that two people in a continuing relationship feel a strong obligation to repay their social debts to one another.
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Organizational politics
Definition
Use of behaviors that enhance or protect a person’s influence and self-interest.
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Personal power
Definition
Ability of leaders to develop followers from the strength of their own personalities.
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Positive strokes
Definition
Recognition provided that feels good when received and contributes to another’s sense of well-being.
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Power
Definition
Ability to influence other people and event.
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Reward power
Definition
Capacity to control and administer items that are valued by other people so as to influence them.
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Self-monitors
Definition
Persons who are concerned about their impression on others, sensitive to interpersonal cues and adept at responding to signals they receive.
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Stroking
Definition
Performing any act of recognition for another person.
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Trust
Definition
Capacity to depend on another’s word and actions.
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Unconditional strokes
Definition
Strokes presented without any connection to behavior.
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Win-win outcome of conflict
Definition
Outcome in which both parties perceive that they are in a better position that they were before a conflict began.
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Workplace incivility
Definition
The failure of employees to exhibit concern and regard for others or-worse yet- one of many acts of disrespect shown toward each other on the job.
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