The Importance Of Nonverbal Communication

However, in order to fully comprehend how body language can be communicated nonverbally as a whole, one must study kinesics in another view point opposed to the workplace environment; the background of an employee’s individual nonverbal communication skills. Official statistics from the Institute of Alcohol Studies confirm those in employment were more likely to drink during the week and also to a greater extent than those who were unemployed or economically inactive (“Alcohol in the workplace - IAS,” 2013). A journal article by Jones & Houts (1992) studies nonverbal behavior in specific clinical disorders. The focus of the study was to investigate four communication characteristics within the family: criticism from the parents, child perception of the family, parental attention to children’s needs and feelings, and reversal of emotional roles(Jones & Houts, 1992). Children from families with alcohol problems reported less positive perception of their family and more denial of their needs and feelings. Furthermore, the results reported fewer abilities in decoding verbal and nonverbal communication of emotion (Jones & Houts, 1992). The results collectively conclude that children raised by parents of alcoholics were treated with less importance by their parents and further created obstacles in children building essential communication skills; skills required to build essential career characteristics in order to succeed later on in the work force. Moreover, a lot of decisions today are still subjective to gender discrimination and misinterpretations that have been handed down from generation to generation. Biased mindsets are learned at a young age by observing the stereotypical roles that people in our families take on and subse...

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...s not made an appearance for a vote in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. If businesses make it more comfortable for workers to communicate knowledge and skills, then those workers will be able to effortlessly substitute for colleagues who need maternity leave or to skip out early for a soccer game. Furthermore, it would be reasonable to pass a law that requires all companies to grant the same amount of parental leave for women and men. If a woman gets six months maternity leave, then the father should likewise get six months of time off for paternity. Gender stereotypes are hard to break and everybody is prone to engaging in stereotyping at one time or another. Our society needs to continue to encourage people to go beyond stereotypes and recognize the contributions that each individual, male or female, can make to the workplace and overall society.