It’s a privilege, not an entitlement: Attributions of advantage and perceived deservingness distinguish feelings of privilege and entitlement

• Main Author: TAI, Amos
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: attribution; privilege; entitlement; deservingness; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/515; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1513/viewcontent/GPPS_AY2021_MbR_Tai_Yong_En_Amos.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Having an advantage over others can be seen as a privilege or an entitlement. Drawing on attribution theory, we hypothesized that recipients of relative advantage may perceive it as a privilege or an entitlement based on external or internal attributions of their advantage, respectively. Furthermore...