Contextualizing social power research within organizational behavior

• Main Authors: SCHAERER, Michael, LEE, Alice J., GALINSKY, Adam D., THAU, Stefan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Organizational Behavior and Theory; Organization Development
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5782; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6781/viewcontent/Schaereretal_SIOPChapter_Contextualizingsocialpower_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although there has been tremendous scientific interest in social power, much of this recent research has relied on experiments in context-poor settings. However, organizations – a context in which power differences emerge naturally – are more complex and dynamic. The current review discusses whether...