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Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X and Burgmer, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0003-3664-0539 (2019). Power increases the self-serving bias in the attribution of collective successes and failures. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 49 (5). S. 1087 - 1096. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-0992

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Abstract

Three studies test the effect of power on the self-serving bias in attributing collective outcomes. The first two studies measure (Experiment 1) and manipulate (Experiment 2) power and then measure the internal (vs. external) attribution of past successes and failures. Consistently, those who feel powerful show a stronger self-serving tendency to selectively attribute successes internally and failures externally than those who feel powerless. Experiment 3 compares the effects of power (control over others) and personal control (over oneself). We find that power increases the self-serving bias, but a lack of control can limit this effect by reducing the external attribution of failures. Presumably, people who lack control are disinclined to attribute outcomes-including failures-externally because doing so would further aggravate their lack of control. Together, these results suggest that power increases a bias in the attribution of success and failure and thus presents a fundamental challenge to good leadership.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED Burgmer, Pascal UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-0539 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-134210
DOI:	10.1002/ejsp.2556
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	49
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 1087 - 1096
Date:	2019
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-0992
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Psychology > Department of Scociology Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; SITUATION; SACRIFICE; FEELINGS; RELIANCE; MODEL; WELL; FACT Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13421