JOHARI WINDOW

Presented to:
Dr. A.K. Singh

Presented by:
Arijit
Chakraborty
To be discussed..
•What is JOHARI WINDOW
•Objectives of Study
•Selection of Questionnaire
•Data Collection
•Statistical tools
•Data analysis
•Conclusions
•Limitations
Life is about learning and growing.

Lifelong

learning!!!
What is
Johari window?
•Developed by American psychologists Joseph
Luft and Harry Ingham in the 1950's.

•The Johari Window is a communication model

that can be used to improve understanding
between individuals within a team or in a group
setting.

•Based on disclosure, self-disclosure and

feedback, it can also be used to improve a
group's relationship with other groups
 Johari –Quadrant 1

‘Open self/area’ or ‘free area’ or ‘public area’, or ‘arena’

•It is the area known by the person ('the self') and known by the group
('others').

•It gives information about the person’s - behaviour, attitude, feelings,

emotion, knowledge, experience, skills, views, etc

•The aim is to develop the 'open area‘ , because when we work in this
area with others we are at our most effective and productive, and the
team is at its most productive too
•It is the space where good communications and cooperation occur, free
from distractions, mistrust, confusion, conflict, and misunderstanding
 Johari –Quadrant 2

‘Blind self' or ‘blind area’ or ‘blindspot’

•It is the area what is known about a person by others in the group, but is
unknown by the person him/herself.

•The aim is to reduce this area by seeking or soliciting feedback from

others and thereby to increase the open area, i.e., to increase self-
awareness

•Discovery through communications, active listening and experience,

will reduce the unknown area.
 Johari –Quadrant 3

‘Hidden self' or 'hidden area' or 'avoided self/area' or 'facade‘

•What is known to ourselves but kept hidden from, and therefore
unknown, to others

•Represents information, feelings, etc, anything that a person knows

about him/self, but which is not revealed or is kept hidden from others

•Also include sensitivities, fears, hidden agendas, manipulative

intentions, secrets - anything that a person knows but does not reveal.

•Relevant hidden information and feelings, etc, should be moved into

the open area through the process of 'self-disclosure' and 'exposure
process’
 Johari –Quadrant 4

‘Unknown self‘, 'area of unknown activity‘, 'unknown area'

•Information feelings, aptitudes, experiences etc, that are unknown to the
person and unknown to others in the group.

•It could include repressed or subconscious feelings rooted in formative

events and traumatic past experiences, which can stay unknown for a
lifetime.

•It can be prompted through self-discovery or observation by others, or

through collective or mutual discovery

•Counseling can also uncover unknown issues

 Objectives of Study

To study the behavior of people in terms of their

self awareness.

To study the relation between the behavior of

students and working professionals and their
responses.
To analyze the responses between male and
female
To analyze the responses of students and
working professionals.
Questionnaire
Respond to each of the 20 statements using the
following scale:
* Carefully read each numbered item and its statements
marked "A" and "B."
* Assign a point value to the A and B statements as follows:
* The total point value for A and B added together is five (5).
* If statement A is most similar to what you would do, mark 5
for A and 0 for B.
* If A is not wholly satisfactory, but in your judgment better
than B, mark 4 or 3 for A
and 1 or 2 for B.
* The converse is true: if B is best mark 5 for B and 0 for A and
so on.
Questionnaire…
•If a colleague of mine had a ‘personality conflict’ with a
Manager of another department, with whom it is
important that he cooperate for the success of work, I
would :
___A. Tell the colleague that he was partially
responsible for the conflict and indicate how the other
person is being affected by him.
___B. Not get involved for fear that my relationship
would get affected with them.

•If one of my colleagues with whom I had a heated

argument in the past, and I realized that since then he
is uncomfortable in my presence, I would:
___A. Avoid making matters worse by calling attention
to that behavior and let the whole thing drop.
___B. Comment on his behavior and ask him how our
argument has affected our relationship
Mode of Data
Collection
• Visiting the PSUs and Private offices-37 samples
•Online filling of Forms from working professionals/students:
70
•Females-36; males-71 and Students-55; working
Professionals-52
Chi Square Test-1

Null Hypothesis:
Ho: There is no significant difference
between the responses of males and
females.

Alternate Hypothesis
Ha: There is significant difference between
the responses of males and females
Gender Self Feedback
disclosu
re
Male 35 40
Female 20 20
Chi Square Test-1

•Significance Level : 5%
•Χ2 Observed: 6.9808
•Χ2 critical: 3.841
Degree of freedom:1
Conclusion: Since Χ2  Observed > Χ2 Critical,
hence we do not accept the Null Hypothesis

•Conclusion: Responses of questionnaire

are dependent of the fact that whether
the respondent is male or female.
OPEN Feedback BLIND
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

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50

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70

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100

HIDDEN Gender Self Feedback UNKNOWN

disclosu
re
Male 35 40
Female 20 20
Chi Square Test-2

Null Hypothesis:
Ho: There is no significant relation between
the sectors and the Johari parameters.

Alternate Hypothesis
Ha: There is significant relation between the
sectors and the Johari parameters.
Sector Self Feedba
Disclosure ck
Student 35 40
Working 18 18
Professionals
•Significance Level : 5%
•Χ2 Observed: 8.74
•Χ2 critical: 3.841
Degree of freedom:1

Conclusion: Since Χ2  Observed > Χ2 Critical,

hence we do not accept the Null Hypothesis

•Conclusion: Responses of questionnaire

are dependent of the fact that which
sector the respondent belongs to.
OPEN Feedback BLIND
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

HIDDEN UNKNOWN
Sector Self Feedba
Disclosure ck
Student 35 40
Working 18 18
Professionals
 Inferences:

•Responses of questionnaire are dependent of

the fact that whether the respondent is male or

female.

•Responses of questionnaire are dependent of

the fact that which sector the respondent

belongs to.
Limitations

• Inherent limitation of using Sampling.

• Unequal number of samples in each

group.

• Individual biases and prejudices.

References
•Anonymous..
http://www.teampts.com/surveys/johariwindowquest.pdf. Acc
on 21/02/2011
• Luft, Joseph (1972). Einfuhrung in die Gruppendynamik. Klett.
Accessed on 17/03/2011
• Hase, Steward; Alan Davies, Bob Dick (1999). The Johari Window
and the Dark Side of Organisations. Southern Cross University.
Accessed on 17/03/2011
•Handy, Charles (2000). 21 Ideas for Managers. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass. ISBN 014027510X. Accessed on 17/03/2011

•–Rubin ,S David and Levin,I Richard. (2009), Statistics for

Management, Delhi: Prentice Hall
Questions
Thank You!