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Peer reviewedMoore, Patrick – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1999
Contributes to scholarship on technical communication and organizational politics and power. Shows how to analyze a power imbalance and succeed in ethically and diplomatically outflanking a more powerful gatekeeper. Argues that analysis of six power variables can help decide whether to go around a gatekeeper, force a concession, or take a chance.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
