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Code for: On the Road to Power: Showing Benevolence and Integrity Fuels Power Granting

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Scholl, Annika
Rapp, Helen
van Kleef, Gerben
Sassenberg, Kai

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This work investigates when people are willing to grant someone else power over valued resources. Based on prior work on power and trust, we assumed that people are more willing to freely give power to someone who they can trust to use power in a responsible manner - more specifically, to someone who not only (a) is interested in others' situation (shows high benevolence, rather than interest in only their own situation), but also (b) acts in line with their promises (shows high integrity, rather than say A and then does B). Four studies in a field context and in more controlled lab settings support this idea, giving us new insights into the conditions that can contribute to power granting: the road to power is paved with benevolent intentions carried out with integrity.
Code for: Scholl, A., Rapp, H., van Kleef, G., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). On the Road to Power: Showing Benevolence and Integrity Fuels Power Granting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

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power granting social power responsibility integrity benevolence

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2025-04-30

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PsychArchives

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Scholl, Annika
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rapp, Helen
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    van Kleef, Gerben
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Sassenberg, Kai
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2025-04-30T11:00:53Z
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    2025-04-30T11:00:53Z
  • Date of first publication
    2025-04-30
  • Abstract / Description
    This work investigates when people are willing to grant someone else power over valued resources. Based on prior work on power and trust, we assumed that people are more willing to freely give power to someone who they can trust to use power in a responsible manner - more specifically, to someone who not only (a) is interested in others' situation (shows high benevolence, rather than interest in only their own situation), but also (b) acts in line with their promises (shows high integrity, rather than say A and then does B). Four studies in a field context and in more controlled lab settings support this idea, giving us new insights into the conditions that can contribute to power granting: the road to power is paved with benevolent intentions carried out with integrity.
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  • Abstract / Description
    Code for: Scholl, A., Rapp, H., van Kleef, G., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). On the Road to Power: Showing Benevolence and Integrity Fuels Power Granting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
    en
  • Publication status
    unknown
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/11720
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16308
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
  • Is based on
    https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000535
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000535
  • Is related to
    https://www.psycharchives.org/handle/20.500.12034/11721
  • Keyword(s)
    power granting
  • Keyword(s)
    social power
  • Keyword(s)
    responsibility
  • Keyword(s)
    integrity
  • Keyword(s)
    benevolence
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Code for: On the Road to Power: Showing Benevolence and Integrity Fuels Power Granting
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    code
  • Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)
    IWM
  • Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)
    ZPID
  • Visible tag(s)
    power granting
  • Visible tag(s)
    social power
  • Visible tag(s)
    responsibility
  • Visible tag(s)
    integrity
  • Visible tag(s)
    benevolence