In the last month, Stacey, an intelligent and astute employee, has finished only half the work she was scheduled to complete.
In addition, she has been taking frequent leaves, citing her ill health as the reason, but her manager suspects she has been playing truant. When the manager confronted her about her pending work, Stacey gave excuses: the work was time consuming, she was unwell, and it was not a high-priority project in the first place. In this scenario, Stacey is using a(n) ________ impression management technique.
Stacey is using a defensive impression management technique
Explanation:
Stacey been an intelligent and astute employee and having missed several work days would have to defend her reasons for missing work therefore she would use the defensive impression management technique in other to protect herself from the possible sanctions she would get from her boss'
defensive impression management technique when applied will have to be backed with reasonable evidence /reasons as cited by Stacey she pointed to the facts that the work time was time consuming and that she was unwell.
