ACS 103 SIUE Final (Ch 10, 11, App)

Two types of harassment

(Sexual) Quid Pro Quo, Hostile climate harassment -sexual behavior intended to disrupt a person's work performance

Relational dialectics that impact families

(tension existing between competing impulses), autonomy vs connection, openness vs protection

Recommendations for workplace romances

-leave your love at home, communicate professionally at work, use messaging judiciously

Four types of professional peers

Information peers, Collegial peers, Special Peers, Virtual Peers

Three sources of organizational culture

Workplace Values, Workplace Norms, Workplace Artifacts

Wedging

a person deliberately uses messages, photos, and posts to try and wedge themselves between partners in a romantic couple because he or she is interested in one of the partners.

Jealousy

a protective reaction to a perceived threat to a valued relationship

Dark Side of Romantic Relationships

betrayal, sexual infidelity, deception, jealousy, relational intrusion, dating violence

Beautiful Is-Good Effect

competent communicators, intelligent, and well-adjusted

Three types of family stories

courtship, birth, survival

Collegial

coworkers we consider friends

Virtual

coworkers who communicate mainly though tech

Two types of organizational climates

defensive, supportive

Workplace cliques

dense networks of coworkers who share the same workplace values and broader life attitudes

Stages of Relationship Deterioration

differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, terminating

strategies for supportive workplace climates

encourage honest comm, adopt a flexible mindset, collaborate rather than control, describe challenges rather than assign blame, offer concern rather than professional detachment, emphasize equality

Information peers

equivalent-status coworker with whom our connection is limited to work related content

Special

equivalent-status coworkers with whom we share very high levels of emotional support, career-related feedback, trust, self-disclosure, and friendship

Social Exchange Theory

feel drawn to those you see as offering substantial benefits, things you like and want with few associated costs

Consensual

high in convo and conformity

Pluralistic

high in convo but low in conformity

Stages of Relationship Development

initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding

Passionate Love

intense emotional and physical longing for union with another

Compassionate Love

intense form of liking defined by emotional investment and deeply intertwined lives

Five common warning signs of an abusive partner

isolate you from others, use power to control you, frequently threaten you in various ways, use emotionally abusive language, shift blame to you

Laissez-Faire

low in convo and low in conformity

Protective

low on convo and high on conformity

Upward communication

messages from a subordinate to a superior, ig a clerk notifies the department manager that inventory needs to be reordered

Downward communication

messages from a superior to subordinates. Eg CEO of a company calls the regional managers together for a strategy session

Types of families

nuclear family, extended family, stepfamily, cohabitating (two unmarried but romantically involved), single-parent, voluntary kin family

Workplace Artifacts

objects and structures that define the organization

Relational Dialectics

openness vs protection, autonomy vs connection, novelty vs predictability

Interparental conflict

overt hostile interactions between parents in a household

Matching

people we judge as similar to ourselves in attractiveness

Mere Exposure Effect

physical proximity, being in each other's presence frequently

Rules of Maintaining Romantic Relationships

positivity, assurances, sharing tasks, acceptance, self-disclosure, relationship talks, social networks

Defining Characteristics of Families

possess strong sense of family identity, use comm to define boundaries, emotional bonds underlying family relationships are intense and complex, share a history, may share genetic material shared physical characteristics, juggle multiple and sometimes competing roles

mixed-status relationships

relationships between coworkers of different organizational status

Triangulation

teaming up with step parent

Equity

the balance of benefits and costs exchanged by you and the other person

family privacy rules

the conditions governing what a family can/cannot talk about, how they discuss such topics, and who should have access to family relevant info

Conformity orientation

the degree to which families believe that comm should emphasize similarity or diversity in attitudes, beliefs, and values

Characteristics of Conversation Orientation

the degree to which family members are encouraged to participate in unrestrained interaction about a wide array of topics

organizational networks

the nature of the info that flows thru them, the media or channels thru which the info flows, and the frequency and number of connections among people in a network aka network density

Relational Intrusion

the violation of one's independence and privacy by a person who desires an intimate relationship uses Monitoring and Controlling, Invasion of Privacy

Three challenges of family relationships

triangulation, parental favoritism, interparental conflict

Defensive

unfriendly, rigid, and unsupportive

Supportive

warm, open, and supportive

Four family communication patterns

Consensual, Pluralistic, Protective, Laissez-Faire