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employment, staffing, and careers
careers
career development
decision making and career development
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applied developmental science
developmental processes
career development
decision making and career development
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industrial psychology
employment, staffing, and careers
career development
decision making and career development
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human resource management
human resource development
career development
decision making and career development
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resource development
human resource development
career development
decision making and career development
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resource development
human resource development
career development
decision making and career development
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resource development
human resource development
career development
decision making and career development
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human development
social development and social behavior
career development
decision making and career development
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communication and media studies
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interpersonal concepts
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applied psychology
industrial psychology
organizational structure, design, and change
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communication and media studies
communication studies
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politics and international relations
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communication and media studies
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communication theory
social-interactional orientations
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business and management
sociology of work
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sociology
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sociology of work encyc
stratification, power and inequality at work
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psychology
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industrial psychology
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participant observation
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qualitative research
qualitative data collection
participant observation
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qualitative research
qualitative data collection
participant observation
Preferred term
impression management
Definition
- Impression management (IM) is the process by which people attempt to influence the images that others have of them. That is, IM describes the many strategies that individuals use in an attempt to be seen in a certain way or to create a particular impression in others' minds. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Impression Management]
Broader concept
- decision making and career development
- interpersonal concepts
- micro-interactionist theory
- organizational behavior
- participant observation
- political communication theory
- social-interactional orientations
- stratification, power and inequality at work
- the self
- understanding and assessing individual differences
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/impression_management
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