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COM115 PRIN of COMM
COM115 CH07 GLOSSARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Supervisor-subordinate relationship | A workplace relationship that includes two people, one of whom has formal authority over the other. |
| Mentoring relationship | Relationship in which one person functions as a guide, helping another navigate toward career goals. |
| Peer coworker relationship | Relationship between two people who have no formal authority over the other and are interdependent in some way. |
| Information peers | Peers who communicate only about work-related topics and have a low level of self-disclosure and trust. |
| Collegial peers | Peers who engage in self-disclosure about work and personal topics and communicate emotional support. |
| Special peers | Peers who have high levels of self-disclosure with relatively few limitations and are highly interdependent in terms of providing emotional and professional support for one another. |
| Workplace romances | A relationship that involves two coworkers who are emotionally and physically attracted to one another. |
| Dark side of relationships | Includes actions that are deemed unacceptable by society at large and actions that are unproductive for those in the relationship. |
| Altruistic lies | A lie told to build the self-esteem of another person, communicate loyalty, or bend the truth to spare someone from hurtful information. |