BUS 330 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sensation Seeking, Risk Assessment, Shared Belief
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Nice people are more likely to rise to power. People at top of social hierarchy were most considerate and outgoing and agreeable. People give authority to those they like. Machiavellian sorority members identified malicious members and never game them power. Surest way to gain power - the golden rule. Authority undermines the talent that got them there. Majority of rue behaviors come from the offices with the most authority. Traits that helped leader gain control initially disappear once they rise to power. The feeling of power = brain damage. People with authority behave like neurological patients with damaged orbito-frontal lobe - brain area for decision making and empathy. Power makes people less sympathetic to emotions of others. People with authority rely on stereotypes and generalizations make less eye- contact. Makes it much harder to imagine the world from others perspective. Sense of power makes easier to rationalize ethical lapses.
