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Definition of Impression Management
Impression management is described as a state where people have an element and aspect of pursuing socialization from birth. They have to build relationships with other people and maintain them by the most effective and efficient ways to meet their own physiological and psychological needs. In that aspect, the socialization is a necessity. Because every process includes unique difficulties and problems; if the subject is about plenty of people who needs to live together, it is a true output that there will be plenty of challenges, resulted in marked dissimilarities. This is the reason why each stranger encountered by others means a potential threat for the social groups or organizations. Therefore, analyzing this menace rationally is a fundamental objective to define the nature of the new relationships. Hence, when an entrant would be examined according to its physical appearance, then its character would be brought into environmental setting. This expression mentions the importance of the first impression concept. Moreover, it is a process which must be carefully managed (Jacobsen and Kristiansen 132).
According to Coffman, five main self-perception approaches are always seen in an individual who has just secured a new job in a given work institution. These are;
1. Self-disclosure- In this method a newly employed person tends to seek identity from others thus commonly used by the authentic persona. For instance, telling others who he or she in the workplace and what role does he or she plays, just for identity.
2. Appearance management - This approach entails outward appearance, e.g., mode of dressing that makes an individual feel that he or she fits in a team of other workers. Always used by tactical, ideal and even authentic persona, the same also aims at gaining self-identity. Additionally, a