Foot Dragging

Uncooperative behavior for personal reasons

Uncooperative behavior to extend and assert one's personal power

 

 

 

 


 
 

 
 
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foot Dragging

A subtle form of uncooperative behavior closly associated with passive-aggressive behavior. Foot-dragging can work to the advantage of a client or a businessperson. If someone complains strongly, in an emotioal way, that finishing their job is taking too long, the business persom might further torment the client for the pleasure of exercising power over another person. Or, the business might simply be trying to rid themselves of a particular client. Or the the businessman might be totally incompetent or insensitive to the public need.

  • Uncooperative
  • Insensitive
  • Incompetent
  • Exercising personal power over other people
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