JOHARI WINDOW

DR.C.Karthik DeepaAssistant ProfessorDepartment of EducationAvinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.cherrydeepa@gmail.com+919095673599

Johari Window

The Johari window is a technique created in 1955 by two American psychologists, Joseph Luft (1916–2014) and Harrington Ingham (1914–1995), 

used to help people better understand their relationship with self and others.

It is used primarily in self-help groups and corporate settings as a heuristic exercise.

Johari Adjectives A Johari window consists of the following 57

adjectives used as possible descriptions of the participant. They are:

 Able, ambivert, accepting, adaptable, bold, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, congenial, complex , confident, dependable, dignified, energetic, extrovert, friendly, giving, happy, helpful, idealistic, independent, ingenious, intelligent, introvert, kind, knowledgeable, logical, loving, mature, modest, nervous, observant, optimistic, organized, patient, powerful, proud, aggressive, reflective, relaxed, religious, responsive, searching, self-assertive, self-conscious, sensible, sentimental, shy, silly, smart, spontaneous, sympathetic, tense, trustworthy, warm, wise

How to use Johari window

When performing the exercise, subjects are given a list of 56 adjectives and pick five or six that they feel describe their own personality.

Peers of the subject are then given the same list, and each pick five or six adjectives that describe the subject.

These adjectives are then mapped onto a grid.

Johari House with four rooms Charles Handy calls this concept the Johari House with four rooms.

Room 1 is the part of ourselves that we see and others see.

Room 2 is the aspects that others see but we are not aware of.

Room 3 is the most mysterious room in that the unconscious or subconscious part of us is seen by neither ourselves nor others.

Room 4 is our private space, which we know but keep from others.

johari window four regions1. what is known by the person about him/herself and is also known by others - open area, open self, free area, free self, or 'the arena'

2. what is unknown by the person about him/herself but which others know - blind area,blind self, or 'blindspot'

3. what the person knows about him/herself that others do not know - hidden area, hiddenself, avoided area, avoided self or 'facade'

4. what is unknown by the person about him/herself and is also unknown by others - unknown area or unknown self

Johari window four regions - model diagram

The Johari Window is based on a four-square grid –

it is like a window with four 'panes'. each quadrant the same size. The Johari Window 'panes‘ can be changed in size

to reflect the relevant proportions of each type of 'knowledge' of/about a particular person in a given group or team situation. In new groups or teams the open free space for any team member is small because shared awareness is relatively small. As the team member  becomes better established and known, so the size of the team member's open free area quadrant increases.

The Johari Window model

used for understanding and training self-awareness, personal development, improving communications, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, team development and inter-group relationships

The Johari Window model

is also referred to as a 'disclosure/ feedback model of self awareness', 'information processing tool'.

The Johari Window : what it represents ?

The Johari Window actually represents information - feelings, experience, views,

attitudes, skills, intentions, motivation, etc - within or about a person - in relation to their group, from four perspectives

Johari Window

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