SOC361H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Organizational Conflict, Crossed Out, Charismatic Authority
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Power becomes an end in itself, and replaces other values such as love, charity, compassion, etc: 2. Power is used for illicit personal gain (used as a means to an end: 3. Power changes your perception of self and others perhaps you see yourself as special and exempt from common moral principles. Coded letters (digit-symbol substitution task: all workers begin on this they have to recode the letters using numbers, ex. Note: in reality: sheets are actually preprogrammed with written-in numbers or crossed-out letters. Results: attitudes: subjects with power, devalued the worth of their workers, were less likely to want to socialize with workers over coffee after experiment, but: did not see themselves as more capable than managers without power, 2. Behaviours: subjects with power: made more attempts to influence their workers, used microphone to communicate about twice as often, mostly reward or punishment threats, less likely to try personal persuasion, used their powers instead.
