Employers Consider Listening Skills As

question 23

Multiple Choice

Employers consider listening skills as:

• A)skills that are only useful to employees who are working in teams.
• B)something they do not expect from new graduates because schools do not provide formal training in listening skills.
• C)one of the most critical communication skills.
• D)something that should come naturally to everyone.

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Definitions:

Organizational Politics

The use of power and social networking within an organization to achieve changes that benefit the individual or group, often at the expense of others.

Inoculation Effect

The inoculation effect is a social psychological and communication theory that explains how an initial exposure to a weakened form of an argument makes individuals more resistant to later attempts to change their attitudes or beliefs.

Impression Management

A process where individuals attempt to control the perceptions others have of them, often in social or work settings.

Machiavellianism

A personality trait characterized by manipulation, deceit, and a lack of morality in order to achieve one’s goals, often referenced in the context of leadership and organizational behavior.