12.2.3 self-Quiz: Test Your Maintenance of Peer Relationships

Test Your Maintenance of Peer Relationships

Thinking about your collegial and special peer relationships, read the following statements, and check those with which you agree. When you’re finished, total up your score and interpret it below.

I try to communicate in an upbeat, positive fashion toward my peers.

I try to build my peers up by giving them compliments.

I enjoy doing unsolicited favors for my peers, such as bringing them coffee or lunch or helping them out with work projects.

I strive to communicate in consistent, reliable ways with my peers.

If a peer shares something with me in confidence, I honor that confidentiality by not sharing the information with others.

 I try to always keep promises I’ve made to my peers.

I regularly let my peers know that I consider them not just coworkers but friends.

I do things to convey to my peers that even if we didn’t work together, we’d still be friends.

I strive to communicate with my peers in ways that show I value them as unique people rather than just as coworkers.

I try to be there for my peers and am willing to talk with them about their personal and work-related concerns.

Note: Items in this Self-Quiz are adapted by the author from the maintenance scale of Stafford and Canary (1991).