Social Awareness Competency: An Indispensability For Healthy Workplace Relationships
Tamunomiebi Miebaka Dagogo PhD
Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers, State University,Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Moses Tamunoteim Sibo
Doctoral Candidate Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Adim Chidiebere Victor
Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Keywords: Social Awareness Competency, Workplace Relationships
Abstract
Human interactions are influenced by social rules such as social norms. The pattern of social interaction within a society is to some extent independent of the particular individual. A social interaction is an ever evolving sequence of social actions between individuals. A social action is an action that considers the reaction of other individuals. A social action is very contextual as it is performed relative to other individuals. Our approach to modeling social interactions focuses on the dynamics between an individual (social actor) and a target social group. Social awareness is a fundamental emotional competency and determines how individuals handle relationships. Managers need to develop their social awareness so that they can be able to get along well with their employees and make them cooperate with them. Managers with high social awareness will be highly effective than the one whose social awareness is low. Managers represent the image of the organization, and therefore the individual employee attitude to work in the team depends on the impression they perceive from their superiors and the cohesiveness of the team. This study examines in details social awareness competency as an imperative for health workplace relationship.