With great power comes shared responsibility: Psychological power and the delegation of authority
| Autor: | Elaine M. Wong, Michael P. Haselhuhn, Margaret Ormiston |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Great power
Delegate Delegation business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Public relations Affect (psychology) Power (social and political) 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Shared responsibility business Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Personality and Individual Differences. 108:1-4 |
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 |
| Popis: | Despite the importance of delegation as a managerial tool, we know little about how leaders' characteristics affect their decision to delegate. In this paper, we demonstrate that, holding objective markers of power constant, a psychological sense of power predicts preferences for delegation. Specifically, individuals who feel relatively powerless are less willing to delegate decision making authority compared to those who feel powerful. We find support for this pattern in two studies. These results provide insight into the factors linking power and delegation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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