While the Bharatiya Janata Party is basking on the electoral victory, let us examine the routed Congress Party and see if
sycophancy will rule the roost as before or the party will search not for a leader but leadership will be given a last chance in the party.
To be sure, different leaders have different levels of susceptibility to
sycophancy. But no one comes into office believing that they'll fall for it.
I see myself as a citizen not a subject and believe that the monarchy is the hook from which the rotten carcass of our stiing class system hangs, encouraging a sense of entitlement among those near the top and dreadful, forelocktugging
sycophancy from those below.
New Delhi: Hitting out at the culture of
sycophancy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asked BJP MPs to shun the practice of touching his feet and that of other leaders.
And his sickening
sycophancy is, frankly, un-British.
However, instead of showing our dirty habitual
sycophancy we should expect that the new Army Chief would deliver according to the professional norms of this institution for the uplift of the institution and by keeping it away from interfering in the civil matters, keeping in view the past history of this country.
Results indicate that (a) classroom effort is correlated positively with the relational motive, the functional motive, the participatory motive, and the
sycophancy motive, but not at all with the excuse making motive and (b) perceptions of course workload are not correlated at all with any of the five motives.
The new young royals may be more down to earth, but the
sycophancy surrounding them has no place in the 21st century.
However,
sycophancy does present an opportunity to fast-track a career.
These motives are relational (i.e., to develop a personal relationship with an instructor), functional (i.e., to acquire information about the course or content), excuse-making (i.e., to explain why work expectations are not being met), participatory (i.e., to offer comments or questions), and
sycophancy (i.e., to create a favorable impression).
"Michael Valpy's fawning colonial
sycophancy was almost as revolting as his adoration for the far more contemptible Pope.
They must prevent
sycophancy in the bureaucracy and create an environment in which bureaucrats will gladly help them execute policy initiatives.