1.

What principles of communication

friendship system of John and Laura?

were

present

in

the

Laura was considering the feelings of john but her rudeness was not
appropriate she can use courteous words with clarity and completeness of
her message and in convenient time she can tell to john, so he also
understand her situation and they both cannot feel this awkward moment in
their friendship.
2. What face needs do John and Laura have? How did Laura
respond to the face-threatening act of telling John that she
was taking the job? Is this what politeness theory would
predict? Why or why not?
Obviously, they both need positive face to sort out the situation because
face is something that is emotionally invested. Laura Should responds to the
face-threatening act of telling john that she was taking the job by demanding
explanations & offering contrasting idea which means that speech act of
Laura should be intended in a way that it will convey john in a given intention
& save her face from negativity.
Yes, this would be predicted by politeness theory because politeness is the
reflection of the tellers intentions to mitigate face threat. Laura chooses the
negative politeness strategy which leads to encourage the listener negative
face
3. Social exchange theory predicts the satisfaction and stability
of relationships. Using Lauras perspective and Johns
perspective, what would the theory predict about the future of
their relationship?
Laura perspective about the job that if she refuses the offer for the
sake of his friendship with john then someone else will seize the
opportunity so she decided that one of us is still beneficial than neither
of us because she know that at this point this offer will not be offered
to John by the management.
Where Johns perspective was quite different as the thing which hurt
him much was not the job that not offer to him, it was Lauras behavior
which makes him stunned.
In the light of Social exchange theory the future of their relationship
might be not long lasting, because after accepting the offer by Laura,
their friendship would be no longer beneficial to them in any way
because she already chooses the reward of accepting the offer is

outweighed the benefit of her friendship with him, also Laura wouldnt
consider him as a close friend, she only want to show some sympathy
toward John & to hide a inside guilt because she had some good time
with John, but after some time she will overcome the situation & both
will look for new partners & resources so they continue their
networking.
Or may be if they both overcome this awkwardness and john
understands her situation which makes her so disturb as he can read
her faces so well they can have strong bounding with each other.
4. What internal and external dialectics were present in the coworker conflict?
Internal dialectics were they both are good friends of each
other and she knew that john is looking for this opportunity
which is offered to her. And external dialectics is that they
both are co-worker and career opportunity is more important
than a casual friendship, in the scenario rather than being
emotional john should give some openness to laura and
appreciate her that she deserve this position and can perform
very well in the future as well and soon he will also get some
promotion by doing hard work for the promotion.

5. Do any of the theories emerge as better than the others?

Why do you believe this to be the case?