se, we can then alter these scripts and begin to deal with all people on an adult/adult level of communication. This pattern, he says, is the honest and forthright pattern and is most likely to result in a sense of self-esteem and the ability to get along with people.
The role that many employees adopt toward their employers or supervisors tends to be of the child/parent genre. Because the employer tends to be in the role of parent, as perceived by the employee, the employer adopts indirect patterns of communicating needs. This is because the employer is perceived as holding the same power over the individual's well-being that the parents h
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