It's lonely at the bottom (too): The effects of experienced powerlessness on social closeness and disengagement

• Main Authors: FOULK, Trevor A., DE PATER, Irene E., SCHAERER, Michael, DU PLESSIS, Christilene, LEE, Randy, EREZ, Amir
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: disengagement; political skill; powerlessness; social distance; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6407; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7406/viewcontent/It_s_lonely_at_the_bottom_too__powerlessness_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although powerlessness is a pervasive experience for employees, prior social power research has predominantly focused on consequences of powerfulness. This has led to contradictory predictions for how experienced powerlessness influences employees’ social perceptions and behaviors. To resolve this t...