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Highly identified power-holders feel responsible: The interplay between social identification and social power within groups.
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The British journal of social psychology [Br J Soc Psychol] 2018 Jan; Vol. 57 (1), pp. 112-129. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Oct 06. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Power relations affect dynamics within groups. Power-holders' decisions not only determine their personal outcomes, but also the outcomes of others in the group that they control. Yet, power-holders often tend to overlook this responsibility to take care of collective interests. The present research investigated how social identification - with the group to which both the powerful and the powerless belong - alters perceived responsibility among power-holders (and the powerless). Combining research on social power and social identity, we argue that power-holders perceive more responsibility than the powerless when strongly (rather than when weakly) identifying with the group. A study among leaders and an experiment supported this, highlighting that although power-holders are often primarily concerned about personal outcomes, they do feel responsible for considering others' interests when these others are included in the (social) self.<br /> (© 2017 The British Psychological Society.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2044-8309
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The British journal of social psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28983928
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12225