I need to be in control: Motivations to compensate personal control threat through hierarchy endorsement among individuals with low vs. high relational mobility

• Main Author: ONG, Lay See
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Relational mobility; Hierarchy; Socio-ecological Psychology; Compensatory Control Theory; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/118; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Recent research on compensatory control indicate a motivation seek out external sources of control (e.g., hierarchical structures) when subjective control is threatened. As exiting/formation of interpersonal relationships within low relational mobility environments is likely to be beyond personal ch...