Imagine a situation of conflict between you and your boss. Discuss how understanding the elements of self- concept, its complexity, consistency, and clarity may be useful in such a situation.


Self concept complexity, consistency and clarity influence a person’s well being, behavior and performance. In a situation of conflict with the boss, a self concept complexity ( the number of distinct roles or identities that one perceives about self) will help you isolate the situation and look at it more objectively as it affects only a part of you. Consistency is when most of the self perceived roles require similar personality traits, therefore, a higher self concept consistency will give you the confidence to handle the situation based on your experience in the other roles that you perform. Clarity is the degree to which you have a clear, confidently defined and stable self concept and this usually comes with age and experience. A self concept clarity can help you to maturely handle this situation, with patience and trust that sooner or later you will be able to manage and resolve the conflict.

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