Biting the hand that feeds: A status-based model of when and why receiving help motivates social undermining

• Main Authors: TAI, Kenneth, LIN, Katrina Jia, LAM, Catherice K., LIU, Wu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: receiving help; status threat; envy; relative competence; social undermining; Applied Behavior Analysis; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7106; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8105/viewcontent/Biting_the_hand_that_feeds__A_status_based_model_of_when_and_why.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Social exchange theory suggests that after receiving help, people reciprocate by helping the original helpgiver. However, we propose that help recipients may respond negatively and harm the help giver when they perceive helping as a status threat and experience envy. Integrating the helping as statu...