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Lammers, Joris ORCID: 0000-0002-2647-121X, Stoker, Janka I., Rink, Floor and Galinsky, Adam D. (2016). To Have Control Over or to Be Free From Others? The Desire for Power Reflects a Need for Autonomy. Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull., 42 (4). S. 498 - 513. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-7433

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Abstract

The current research explores why people desire power and how that desire can be satisfied. We propose that a position of power can be subjectively experienced as conferring influence over others or as offering autonomy from the influence of others. Conversely, a low-power position can be experienced as lacking influence or lacking autonomy. Nine studies show that subjectively experiencing one's power as autonomy predicts the desire for power, whereas the experience of influence over others does not. Furthermore, gaining autonomy quenches the desire for power, but gaining influence does not. The studies demonstrated the primacy of autonomy across both experimental and correlational designs, across measured mediation and manipulated mediator approaches, and across three different continents (Europe, United States, India). Together, these studies offer evidence that people desire power not to be a master over others, but to be master of their own domain, to control their own fate.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lammers, Joris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-121X UNSPECIFIED Stoker, Janka I. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rink, Floor UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Galinsky, Adam D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-280160
DOI:	10.1177/0146167216634064
Journal or Publication Title:	Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull.
Volume:	42
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 498 - 513
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-7433
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY; SOCIAL POWER; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; IMPLICIT MOTIVES; PERFORMANCE; FANTASIES; HIERARCHY; BEHAVIOR; SUCCESS; REWARD Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28016