Insights from leaderยฑmember exchange theory and social justice theory were combined to derive predictions about the eects of relative competence and power use by a more powerful other on evaluative and behavioural responses of subordinates. These predictions were tested in two experiments, using a s
Group commitment as a moderator of attributional and behavioural responses to power use
โ Scribed by Naomi Ellemers; Wendy Van Rijswijk; Jan Bruins; Dick De Gilder
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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โฆ Synopsis
This study used 50 Natural Science and English Literature students who held dierential behavioural expectations of ingroup and outgroup members to investigate evaluative, attributional and behavioural responses to power use in an experimental research paradigm. It was hypothesized that subordinates interpret frequent power use by a superior dierently depending on whether it is consistent or inconsistent with previous expectations. Frequent power use results in decreased satisfaction and negative evaluations of the superior. Attributional ratings indicated that when an outgroup member engaged in frequent power use, this negatively evaluated behaviour was attributed to the superior's group membership, and resulted in decreased cooperation on the part of the subordinate. To the extent that frequent power use of an ingroup member was attributed to external circumstances, subordinates maintained a sense of commitment to the ingroup superior, which resulted in displays of cooperative behaviour.
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