Power corrupts and being sure of felt power corrupts even more: Implications for immoral decisions and cheating
Feeling powerful has been generally associated with cheating. We argue that beingsure of felt power strengthens the ability of perceived power to influence cheating andguide immoral decisions. In three different studies, we predicted and found that con-fidence (measured or manipulated) moderated the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/714262 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/714262 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3099 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cheating Confidence Immoral Decisions Power Self-Validation Psicología |
| Sumario: | Feeling powerful has been generally associated with cheating. We argue that beingsure of felt power strengthens the ability of perceived power to influence cheating andguide immoral decisions. In three different studies, we predicted and found that con-fidence (measured or manipulated) moderated the impact of felt power (measured ormanipulated) on making immoral decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic and actualcheating behaviour. Results indicated that power predicted cheating especially whenparticipants were sure of their felt power. For those with low confidence, felt powerdid not affect cheating. Among other implications, these studies specify when and forwhom the undesired effects of felt power can emerge and how to undermine them |
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