{"id":175,"date":"2018-04-05T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cres1100\/chapter\/working-with-power\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:46:26","slug":"working-with-power","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cres1100\/chapter\/working-with-power\/","title":{"raw":"Working with Power","rendered":"Working with Power"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>If you believe you have more power:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Consider working through the conflict in a location that is the most comfortable for the other person.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Share the resources you have (e.g. information, expertise).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Be willing to listen to the other person first.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do not use your power base to intimidate or retaliate against the other person. Seek to develop a \u2018level playing field.\u2019<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Look for indications that the other person perceives you as having more power, and clarify how you intend to use your power.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Respond to challenges non-defensively.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>If you believe you have less power: <\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Find ways to increase your own power sources.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the consequences of a competitive use of power and the benefits to the other person of a collaborative use of power.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Assert yourself and continue to keep your needs on the table while continuing to listen and acknowledge the other person\u2019s needs.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If asserting yourself results in the other person exerting his or her power over you, shift temporarily from a focus on your needs to a focus on the other person\u2019s needs.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Think about ways to lessen your dependence on the other person\u2019s source of power.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Destructive Conflict and Constructive Conflict<\/h1>\r\nConflict can be defined as \u2018destructive\u2019 or \u2018constructive\u2019 in quality and outcome (Deutsch, 1973; Folger, Poole &amp; Stutman, 2005).\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cres1100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/2018\/04\/CRES-1101-Foundations_15thEd-May-2017-p15-s.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-174 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cres1100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/334\/2018\/04\/CRES-1101-Foundations_15thEd-May-2017-p15-s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1127\" \/><\/a>","rendered":"<p><strong>If you believe you have more power:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider working through the conflict in a location that is the most comfortable for the other person.<\/li>\n<li>Share the resources you have (e.g. information, expertise).<\/li>\n<li>Be willing to listen to the other person first.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use your power base to intimidate or retaliate against the other person. 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