IDEA #39
It’s lonely at the top
How power leads to scepticism.
What you need to know
In an imaginative study incorporating the musings on love of the German political scientist Hans Morgenthau, researchers from London Business School, Stanford University and Northwestern University have shown the corrosive impact power can have on our ability to trust others. Through five studies covering a variety of workplace and even marital settings, participants were split into high-power and low-power positions. Power was defined in a variety of ways, including job hierarchy (e.g., managers or managees), income disparity or social status. In all ...
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