Effects of power on social perception. All your boss can see is agency.

Autor/in	Cislak, Aleksandra
Titel	Effects of power on social perception. All your boss can see is agency.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 2, S. 138-146Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000139
Schlagwörter	Handlung; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Kontrolle
Abstract	Three studies explored the relationship between power and the perception of others in terms of agency and communion. In Study 1, participants taking a manager perspective were more interested in the agency of their future employee than those asked to take a subordinate perspective were in the agency of their future employer. Moreover, they showed more interest in the agency than in the communion of their future employee. Study 2 extended these findings to perceptions of others unrelated to the context of work. In Study 3, participants taking the manager perspective favored agency traits in their employee more than those taking the subordinate perspective favored agency in their employer. This effect was mediated by an increased task orientation among those in positions of greater relative power. Using two manipulations and three dependent measures, power was found to enhance the focus on the agency dimension across the three studies, mediated by increases in orientation to tasks versus relationships. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/1