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The personal sense of power.
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In studies involving a total of 1,141 participants and nine different samples, it is found that the personal sense of power was coherent within social contexts and was affected not only by sociostructural factors but also by personality variables such as dominance.Abstract:
Scholars who examine the psychological effects of power have often argued that possessing power shapes individual behavior because it instills an elevated sense of power. However, little is known about the personal sense of power because very few studies have examined it empirically. In studies involving a total of 1,141 participants and nine different samples, we found that the personal sense of power was coherent within social contexts; for example, individuals who believed that they can get their way in a group also believed that they can influence fellow group members' attitudes and opinions. The personal sense of power was also moderately consistent across relationships but showed considerable relationship specificity; for example, individuals' personal sense of power vis-a-vis their friend tended to be distinct but moderately related to their personal sense of power vis-a-vis their parent. And the personal sense of power was affected not only by sociostructural factors (e.g., social position, status) but also by personality variables such as dominance.read more
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To exploit or explore? The impact of crowdfunding project descriptions and backers’ power states on funding decisions
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Power and status in groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the consequences of power and status in groups are investigated, focusing on the relationship between social relations and interactions within workgroups, and a small body of research has investigated the consequences.
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Unleashing Heaven’s Power: How Faith Motivates Consumer Exercise Behavior During a Pandemic
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Customer brand co-creation behavior and brand sincerity through CSR interactivity: The role of psychological implications in service-dominant logic
Kyongsik Sung,Seoki Lee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , a study was conducted in the chain restaurant context considering its increasing efforts to integrate businesses into CSR issues, and found that perceived CSR interactivity positively affects CBCB through self-efficacy and emotional brand attachment, and customers' psychological implications can be manipulated depending on their sense of power.
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TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reward or reinforcement on preceding behavior depend in part on whether the person perceives the reward as contingent on his own behavior or independent of it, and individuals may also differ in generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.