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Role ambiguity

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, role ambiguity means: Uncertainty about a person's duties, authority or the standards by which their work will be judged.

In Turkish: rol belirsizliği

How it is used

Use for unclear expectations; it differs from having clear but incompatible demands from different people.

Example sentences

  1. Role ambiguity left both managers unsure who could approve the final design.

    The missing information concerns authority rather than willingness to act.

  2. A written brief reduced role ambiguity for the new operations coordinator.

    Clarifying expectations gives the employee a clearer basis for action.

Common collocations

  • reduce role ambiguity
  • experience role ambiguity
  • RACI matrixA table that shows, for each task or decision, who is Responsible, who is Accountable, who must be Consulted and who must be Informed.
  • authorityThe official power or right to make decisions, give instructions and use resources, usually linked to a person's role in an organisation.

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