Control Aversion in Hierarchies
Companies typically control various aspects of their workers’ behaviors. In this article, we investigate whether the hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers’ ensuing reaction. In particular, we conduct a laboratory experiment to test whether po...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/227818 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227818 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Treballadors Directius Relacions laborals Jerarquia normativa Workers Executives Industrial relations Hierarchy of norms |
| Sumario: | Companies typically control various aspects of their workers’ behaviors. In this article, we investigate whether the hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers’ ensuing reaction. In particular, we conduct a laboratory experiment to test whether potential negative behavioral reactions to imposed control are larger when they are implemented by a direct superior rather than a hierarchically more distant superior. We find that hierarchical proximity indeed magnifies such control aversion and discuss several potential channels for this result. |
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