Low power individuals in social power research: A quantitative review, theoretical framework, and empirical test

• Main Authors: SCHAERER, Michael, du PLESSIS, Christilene, YAP, Andy J., THAU, Stefan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Social power; Powerful; Powerless; Review; Curvilinear effects; Experimental design; Social exchange; Study design; Control condition; Action orientation; Objectification; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5903; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6902/viewcontent/Schaerer_du_Plessis_Yap__Thau_OBHDP2018_low_power_individuals.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We examine the role of low-power individuals in social power research. A multi-method literature review reveals that low-power individuals may be insufficiently understood because many studies lack necessary control conditions that allow drawing inferences about low power, effects are predominantly...