impression management
impression management A dramaturgical concept, introduced by Erving Goffman in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959). It highlights the ways in which persons in the company of others strive to present an image of themselves in particular ways. See also ALTERCASTING; IDENTITY.
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