The Burden of Power: Construing Power as Responsibility (Rather Than as Opportunity) Alters Threat-Challenge Responses
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DOI: 10.1177/0146167218757452
Abstract: Power usually lowers stress responses. In stressful situations, having high (vs. low) power heightens challenge and lowers threat. Yet, even power-holders may experience threat when becoming aware of the responsibility that accompanies their power. Power-holders… read more here.
Keywords: power holders; opportunity; power; threat ... See more keywords
Are Guilt-Prone Power-Holders Less Corrupt? Evidence From Two Online Experiments
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DOI: 10.1177/19485506231168515
Abstract: Bribery is ubiquitous in human society. Yet it remains unknown how bribe-taking behaviors of power-holders and underlying psychological processes are affected by guilt-proneness, a crucial moral-related personality trait, and how this trait–behavior association depends on… read more here.
Keywords: two online; harm salience; online experiments; guilt prone ... See more keywords