On the road to power: Showing benevolence and integrity fuels power granting.

IF 2.1 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Annika Scholl, Helen Rapp, Gerben A van Kleef, Kai Sassenberg
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Abstract

Establishing power relations is often a democratic process in which people decide whom to grant social power (i.e., control over valued resources). But on which basis do people make this decision? When do they trust in a person's responsible use of power-and how does the target's behavior play into this decision? Here, we draw attention to the potential interplay between two behavioral ingredients-benevolence and integrity-borrowed from approaches on interpersonal trust. We argue that people more willingly grant power to others who (a) show benevolence (i.e., intentions to support shared, not selfish, interests) and can thus be trusted to use power responsibly, and particularly so (b) when others also show integrity (i.e., alignment between intentions and actions, or "practicing what one preaches"). Four studies (N = 1,151; Western samples; 2018-2021) supported this interplay of benevolence and integrity, highlighting when and why people willingly hand over power to someone. These findings extend prior approaches to leader emergence through a novel focus on the interplay between two central ingredients to power granting, which reveals that benevolence and integrity by themselves are not sufficient. Rather, the road to power is paved with benevolent intentions carried out with integrity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

在通往权力的道路上:展现仁慈和正直是权力授予的燃料。
建立权力关系通常是一个民主的过程,在这个过程中,人们决定将社会权力授予谁(即控制有价值的资源)。但是人们是根据什么来做这个决定的呢?他们什么时候信任一个人对权力的负责任使用?目标的行为如何影响这个决定?在此,我们借用人际信任的研究方法,关注仁慈和正直这两种行为成分之间潜在的相互作用。我们认为,人们更愿意将权力授予那些(a)表现出仁慈(即,意图支持共同的,而不是自私的,利益)的人,因此可以信任他们负责任地使用权力,特别是(b)当其他人也表现出正直(即,意图和行动之间的一致,或“言行一致”)时。4项研究(N = 1151;西方样本;(2018-2021)支持这种仁慈和正直的相互作用,强调人们何时以及为什么愿意将权力移交给某人。这些发现通过新颖地关注权力授予的两个核心要素之间的相互作用,扩展了先前的领导者涌现方法,这表明仅靠仁慈和正直是不够的。更确切地说,通往权力的道路是由善意和正直的意图铺就的。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA,版权所有)。
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4.90
自引率
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发文量
110
期刊介绍: The mission of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied® is to publish original empirical investigations in experimental psychology that bridge practically oriented problems and psychological theory. The journal also publishes research aimed at developing and testing of models of cognitive processing or behavior in applied situations, including laboratory and field settings. Occasionally, review articles are considered for publication if they contribute significantly to important topics within applied experimental psychology. Areas of interest include applications of perception, attention, memory, decision making, reasoning, information processing, problem solving, learning, and skill acquisition.
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