Question

Eric asks ed to meet with him. eric goes to ed's office, arriving well before ed. eric sits in a chair that is as far from ed's desk as possible. eric walks in, glances at ed, walks to his desk, stands behind it and starts writing something in his palmtop organizer. what can you conclude about the formal relationship between eric and ed from the nonverbal communication symbols involved?

Answer 1

From the scenario given above, it can be seen that Eric has authority over Ed and Ed is not challenging that authority. All the non verbal symbols exhibited by Ed shows that he has a lot of respect for Eric because of his position that is higher than his own.