MGMT2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Interpersonal Communication, Egalitarianism, Communication Accommodation Theory

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT2002
• Professor: M G M T2002

Document Summary

Developing self-awareness self concept: an individual"s self-beliefs and self-evaluations: who am i? and how do i feel about myself?", guide decisions and actions, becomes more stable over time. Those things important to us in life: beliefs are linked to affect. When activated are infused with feeling: refer to desirable goals that motivate action, transcend specific actions & situations, serve as standards or criteria, are ordered by importance, the relative importance of multiple values guides actions. Schwartz" values model: openness to change motivation to pursue innovative ways, conservation motivation to preserve the status qui, self-enhancement motivated by self interest, self-transcendence motivation to promote welfare of others and nature. Interpersonal communication: a core element in relation ship between people (aitken 2006). Inference theory: people draw conclusions or make inferences about others on the basis of unconscious and sometimes past stereotyping experience under two rules: identification and association.