APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Powerfools: When and Why Subordinates Resist Expressions of Power in Hierarchies

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Merrick Osborne
    Stanford Graduate School of Business - Stanford University
  • Lindred Greer
    Stanford Graduate School of Business - Stanford University

Abstract

High-power individuals may try to reinforce and protect their positions through engaging in behaviors that highlight their power. However, these behaviors may inspire subsequent resistance in subordinates. We explore in a set of experimental studies when and why expressions of power in hierarchies may incite subordinates to challenge the hierarchy.

Conflict

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