Communication · Executive Insight Brief · 176
Intended involvement. Experienced distance.
Self and observer ratings can reveal behavioral gaps without making one expressive style the leadership norm.
Premise
Leaders may intend warmth and involvement while colleagues experience distance, or they may be perceived as accessible despite describing themselves as reserved. The Nonverbal Immediacy Scale makes that discrepancy discussable by measuring the reported frequency of behaviors associated with psychological or physical approach. Its value is not to prescribe more gaze, movement, proximity, touch, or animation. It is to test whether the behaviors relevant to a particular interaction make engagement visible to the people involved.
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