The powerful want to, the powerless have to : Perceived constraint moderates causal attributions

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I feel, therefore you act: Intrapersonal and interpersonal effects of emotion on negotiation as a function of social power (2010, background): “In short, powerholders seem to ‘‘dance to their own tune”—to be guided primarily by internal dispositions (but see Overbeck et al., 2006, for a discussion of possible bias in the perception of powerholders as dispositionally motivated)—and the powerless to be more like the dance partner who follows.”
A Reciprocal Influence Model of Social Power: Emerging Principles and Lines of Inquiry (2008, background): “When information about causes of behavior was ambiguous, actions of powerless actors were seen as situational and those of powerful actors were seen as more dispositional (Overbeck et al., 2006).”