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¶ … Self-Concept Maintenance
The level of individuals' self-esteem can have an enormous effect on their performance and behaviors in the workplace. People with high levels of self-esteem will likely be more confident, assertive and accepting of constructive criticism while those with low levels of self-esteem will probably be less likely to positively assert themselves and more likely to experience poor interpersonal relationships with others. The theories of self-concept maintenance are used in this paper to help explain these dichotomous outcomes, followed by a comparison of the similarities and differences of the three theories of self-concept maintenance. An explanation concerning how each theory explains the difference of the behavior of the women in the animated workplace vignette, "The Virtual Office." Finally, the paper concludes with a description concerning fresh insights that emerged based on the above-described research.
SELECT AND DESCRIBE ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THE MEDIA PROGRAM EXHIBITING EITHER POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM OR NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY STYLE.
In the animated vignette, "The Virtual Office," the character "Kathy" is bubbling over with positive self-esteem. According to the definition provided by Crisp and Turner (2010), self-esteem is "an individual's personal evaluation of their own self-concept" (p. 390). In every instance in the animated vignette, the...
Likewise, in response to compliments about her performance, Kathy is consistently humble but confident and again provides assurances that her contributions will continue in the future.
COMPARE THE SIMILARITIES AND THE DIFFERENCE OF THREE THEORIES OF SELF- CONCEPT MAINTENANCE
A comparison of the similarities and differences of the three theories of self-concept maintenance is provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1
Comparison of similarities and differences of the three theories of self-concept maintenance
Control Theory of Self-Regulation
Self-Discrepancy Theory
Social Comparison Theory
Similarities
This theory focuses on "comparing the self with & #8230;the self" (Crisp & Turner, 2010, p. 11)
This theory also involves a comparison "of the self with & #8230;the self" (Crisp & Turner, 2010, p. 11).
This theory also "proposes that we form a definition of the self by comparing ourselves with those around us" (Crisp & Turner, 2010, p. 391).
Differences
This theory…
References
The virtual office. (2011). Laureate Education, Inc. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Crisp, R.J., & Turner, R.N. (2010). Essential social psychology (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA:
Sage.
Fiske, S.T. (2010). Social beings: Core motives in social psychology (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
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