In the last byte, we looked at the power relation in organizations and the interventions that could be considered. In today’s byte, we look at the aggressive mechanisms that act as a defense mechanism.
Conflicts often arise within the context of a performance appraisal session. People do not react well to negative feedback – when individuals are frustrated, as they commonly are in interpersonal conflicts – they respond through many classes of defense mechanism.
The first of this class of reactions is the aggressive defense mechanisms. The following table provides an overview of the same.
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