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

Author(s) / Creator(s)

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

Abstract / Description

Four studies show that people (observers) base their decisions regarding whom to grant powerful positions on the behaviors that a prospective powerholder shows. The data shows that people are more ready to grant power to someone if the target person shows (a) that they care about others’ situation (i.e., show they have benevolent intentions) and (b) typically does as they promised (i.e., show that they have integrity and “walk their talk”). This tendency might be driven by greater trust in such people to use power in a responsible manner. These results show how power relations democratically develop and how potential powerholders can signal to others that they are well-suited to receive power.

Keyword(s)

power responsibility trust power granting

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Date of first publication

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
    2025-04-30T11:00:58Z
  • Made available on
    2025-04-30T11:00:58Z
  • Date of first publication
    2025-04-30
  • Abstract / Description
    Four studies show that people (observers) base their decisions regarding whom to grant powerful positions on the behaviors that a prospective powerholder shows. The data shows that people are more ready to grant power to someone if the target person shows (a) that they care about others’ situation (i.e., show they have benevolent intentions) and (b) typically does as they promised (i.e., show that they have integrity and “walk their talk”). This tendency might be driven by greater trust in such people to use power in a responsible manner. These results show how power relations democratically develop and how potential powerholders can signal to others that they are well-suited to receive power.
    en
  • Review status
    unknown
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/11721
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16309
  • 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/20.500.12034/11720
  • Keyword(s)
    power
  • Keyword(s)
    responsibility
  • Keyword(s)
    trust
  • Keyword(s)
    power granting
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Datasets for: On the Road to Power: Showing Benevolence and Integrity Fuels Power Granting
    en
  • DRO type
    researchData
  • Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)
    IWM
  • Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)
    ZPID
  • Visible tag(s)
    power
  • Visible tag(s)
    responsibility
  • Visible tag(s)
    power granting
  • Visible tag(s)
    trust