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Smith, Pamela K. and Hofmann, Wilhelm (2016). Power in everyday life. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 113 (36). S. 10043 - 10049. WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

How does power manifest itself in everyday life? Using experience-sampling methodology, we investigated the prevalence, sources, and correlates of power in people's natural environments. Participants experienced power-relevant situations regularly, though not frequently. High power was not restricted to a limited few: almost half of the sample reported experiencing high-power positions. Positional power and subjective feelings of power were strongly related but had unique relations with several individual difference measures and independent effects on participants' affect, cognition, and interpersonal relations. Subjective feelings of power resulted more from within-participant situational fluctuation, such as the social roles participants held at different times, than from stable differences between people. Our data supported some theoretical predictions about power's effects on affect, cognition, and interpersonal relations, but qualified others, particularly highlighting the role of responsibility in power's effects. Although the power literature has focused on high power, we found stronger effects of low power than high power.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Smith, Pamela K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hofmann, Wilhelm UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-262584
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1604820113
Journal or Publication Title:	Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Volume:	113
Number:	36
Page Range:	S. 10043 - 10049
Date:	2016
Publisher:	NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	0027-8424
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL POWER; PERSONALITY; INHIBITION; EXPERIENCE; DETERMINANTS; PERCEPTION; LEADERSHIP; BOSS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26258