impression management

collocation in English

meaningsofimpressionandmanagement

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impression
noun
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/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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management
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/us
/ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/
the control and organization ...
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(Definition ofimpressionandmanagementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Successful ageing at work : an applied study of selection, optimization, and compensation throughimpressionmanagement.
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The label is the goal of 'impressionmanagement' rather than its source, and identity is constructed through episodes of impression management in public.
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Forimpressionmanagement, for encounters in public places, for group activity among professionals and organizations, including those concerned with death, this approach has suggested much of value.
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People concerned with their expressive self-presentation (seeimpressionmanagement) tend to closely monitor their audience in order to ensure appropriate or desired public appearances.
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They may, for example, display identity cues (see:impressionmanagement).
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This process is sometimes calledimpressionmanagement.
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Thus,impressionmanagementis also highly dependent on the situation.
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It can be stated thatimpressionmanagementbecomes necessary whenever there exists a kind of social situation, whether real or imaginary.
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It includes some measures to detectimpressionmanagementor careless responding.
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Another aspect has to do withimpressionmanagement, i.e. the process through which people try to control the impressions other people form of them.
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Moods tend to be shared among group members through processes such as mood contagion andimpressionmanagement.
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Graphs are often used in corporate annual reports as a form ofimpressionmanagement.
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Self-presentation, orimpressionmanagement, attempts to control images of the self in front of audiences.
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Impressionmanagementmeans that the image you want people to see of you is what they see.
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Interactionist concepts that have gained widespread usage include definition of the situation, emotion work,impressionmanagement, looking glass self, and total institution.
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A person's goals are another factor governing the ways and strategies ofimpressionmanagement.
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Individuals useimpressionmanagementstrategies to influence the social identity they project to others.
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This process, sometimes calledimpressionmanagement, begins with the idea of personal performance.
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