Rita, a young enthusiastic manager has joined an organization as a project co-ordinator. The project head counsels her to socialize less with non-management employees; whereas the product head tells her to learn more about market issues. She should socialize more with the non-management employees. Rita is confused, she is facing
Intra-role conflict
Role conflict arises when a person faces incompatible expectations, and the type of conflict depends on whether those expectations attach to one role or to several.
Rita occupies a single role, that of project co-ordinator. Two different role senders - the project head and the product head - hold opposite expectations about how she should perform that one role, one telling her to socialize less with non-management employees and the other telling her to socialize more. When different people send conflicting expectations about the same role, the situation is intra-role conflict, and that is what Rita faces.
Inter-role conflict is different: it arises when a person occupies two or more roles whose demands clash, such as the competing pulls of being a manager and being a parent. Rita has not been given a second role here, so this does not apply. Interdepartmental conflict describes friction between departments as units rather than incompatible expectations placed on one individual, and hierarchical conflict refers to friction between different levels of the organisation, neither of which is what the situation describes.
Hence Rita is facing intra-role conflict.
Similar Questions
Match List - I with List - II.
List - I
(Social Scientists)List - II
(Framework Theory)A. McGuire I. Balance Theory of attitude change B. Rokeach II. Framework of cultural dimensions C. Hofstede III. Framework of values D. Heider IV. Matrix of attitudinal change Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Match the following and indicate the code of correct matching:
List-I List-II a. Classical conditioning i. Response-Stimulus learning b. Operant conditioning ii. Stimulus-Response learning c. Cognitive theory iii. Stimulus-Stimulus learning d. Social learning iv. Modelling process Codes:
‘Contact Hypothesis’ is based on the belief that :
The process by which sensory information is actively organised and interpreted by brain, is called :
A relatively stable set of characteristics that influence an individual's behaviour is known as :
The operant conditioning or learning approach to behaviour is based on __________.
The principles by which the process of perceptual organization works was first identified by Max Wertheimer in the year __________.
Assertion (A): Attribution theory is based on relationship between personal perception and interpersonal behaviour.
Reasoning (R): Since most 'whys' are not directly observable, people must depend upon cognitions, particularly perception.
Codes:
The conflict over content and goals of the work is called
In the “Big Five” personality factors widely accepted personality traits are mentioned. The trait of being dependable, organized, conforming and persevering on tasks is called
Important Questions from Personality: Perception; Attitudes; Emotions
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below.
Assertion (A): Archie Carroll's model speaks of an organisation's four most basic forms of responsibility in order of priority.
Reason (R): Economic, legal, ethical, philanthropic responsibilities and their compliance increases brand value and furthers the profit.
Match List I with List II
LIST I
(VRIO Framework criteria)
LIST II
(Domain (HR) Applications)
A.
Value
I.
Edge in terms of skills, knowledge and abilities
B.
Rareness
II.
Teamwork
C.
Imitability
III
Empowerment programs
D.
Organisation
IV.
Unique history or culture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match List - I with List - II.
List - I
Employers Attitude
List - II
Appropriate Meaning
(A)
My Boat Attitude
(I)
Get off, if you do not like it.
(B)
Shared Boat Attitude
(II)
It is our own common enterprise, Let us combine our efforts to better it.
(C)
Our Boat Attitude
(III)
We Sail together. Do not rock the boat.
(D)
Your Boat Attitude
(IV)
With a sense of ownership and pride, the purpose is to let employees whole heartedly contribute to the cause of the enterprise.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Tanmaya has low self-esteem and high interpersonal trust. She will show ________ attachment style.
- Attitude which is conscious and easy to report is called _________.
