Impression Management. It's negative impact and why awareness is important? Impression Management is the process by which people attempt to manage or control the perception others form of them. There is often a tendency for people to try to present themselves so as to impress others in a socially desirably way. Thus, impression management has considerable implications for areas such as validity of performance appraisals and it is a pragmatic, political tool for one to …showed first 75 words of 680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 680 total…personal or organizational obstacles they had to overcome to accomplish an outcome. They try to create the perception that because they obtained the positive outcome despite big obstacles, they really deserve a lot of credit. *<Tab/>Association - Employee makes sure to be seen with the right people at right times. This creates the perception that employee is well connected and is associated with successful projects. <Tab/>