Power Affects Performance When the Pressure Is On: Evidence for Low-Power Threat and High-Power Lift  

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Kang, Sonia K. ; Galinsky, Adam D. ; Kray, Laura J. ; Shirako, Aiwa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 41 no. 5 (May 2015), page 726-735.
Topik: power; stereotype threat; stereotype lift; expectations; performance pressure
Fulltext: PSPB_41_05_726.pdf (523.51KB)

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The current research examines how power affects performance in pressure-filled contexts. We present low-power-threat and high-power-lift effects, whereby performance in high-stakes situations suffers or is enhanced depending on one’s power; that is, the power inherent to a situational role can produce effects similar to stereotype threat and lift. Three negotiations experiments demonstrate that role-based power affects outcomes but only when the negotiation is diagnostic of ability and, therefore, pressure-filled. We link these outcomes conceptually to threat and lift effects by showing that (a) role power affects performance more strongly when the negotiation is diagnostic of ability and (b) under performance disappears when the low-power negotiator has an opportunity to self-affirm. These results suggest that stereotype threat and lift effects may represent a more general phenomenon: When the stakes are raised high, relative power can act as either a toxic brew (stereotype/low-power threat) or a beneficial elixir (stereotype/high-power lift) for performance.

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