When, why, and how do powerholders “feel the power”? Examining the links between structural and psychological power and reviving the connection between power and responsibility

By L. Tost. 2015

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

Witnessing wrongdoing: the effects of observer power on incivility intervention in the workplace (2017, background): “Responsibility mediated the effect between power and both confrontation and avoidance.”
The dysfunctions of power in teams: A review and emergent conflict perspective (2017, background): “…picture of power in teams (e.g., Tarakci, Greer, & Jehn, 2016) and the positive picture of power that has been documented in individual-level research on power (for reviews, see Fiske, 2010; Galinsky et al., 2012; Galinsky, Rucker, & Magee, 2016; Guinote, 2007; Smith & Galinsky, 2010; Tost, 2016).”
Low power individuals in social power research: A quantitative review, theoretical framework, and empirical test (2018, background): “Although the ability to influence others can emerge from many sources (e.g., argumentative skill, liking, reciprocity), asymmetric control over valuable resources necessarily affords one the discretion and means to influence other’s actions (Tost, 2015).”
Gritting their teeth to close the sale: the positive effect of salesperson grit on job satisfaction and performance (2018, background): “Here we define need for power, not as a hierarchical status or a position within a network (Tost 2015), but as a broader psychological need in which salespeople feel that they can influence the outcomes and experiences of others (Tost, Gino, and Larrick, 2013).”
The Psychology of Middle Power: Vertical Code-Switching, Role Conflict, and Behavioral Inhibition (2017, background): “For a more thorough treatment of the relationship between structural power and the subjective sense of power, see Tost (2015).”
HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN: AN ACTOR-CENTRIC APPROACH TO DAILY PSYCHOLOGICAL POWER, ABUSIVE LEADER BEHAVIOR, AND PERCEIVED INCIVILITY (2017, background): “…and bidirectional (Cartwright & Zander, 1968; Handgraaf, van Dijk, Vermunt, Wilke, & de Dreu, 2008; Hollander, 2009; Overbeck & Park, 2001; Tost, 2015; Tost, Wade-Benzoni, & Johnson, 2015), raising the possibility that power and power-induced negative behaviors may also harm the…”