Power influences the expression of Honesty-Humility: The power-exploitation affordances hypothesis

Barends, Ard J.; Vries, Reinout E. de; Vugt, Mark van

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103856

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“…Thielmann et al, in press;Zhao & Smillie, 2015), nor that this effect is moderated by the degree of conflict of interests and power (e.g. Barends et al, 2019;Haesevoets et al, 2015;Hilbig et al, 2018;Hilbig & Zettler, 2009). In our follow-up study, by contrast, Honesty-Humility did predict prosocial behaviour in a continuous prisoner's dilemma, although this effect was not moderated by conflictrelated framing.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Importantly, although they are derived from an analysis of matrix games, the dimensions of interdependence theory can be used to describe the structure of any social situation involving two individuals. Here, we focus on conflict of interests and power, given that these have been specifically linked to the expression of Honesty-Humility, both theoretically and empirically (Ashton & Lee, 2007;Barends, de Vries, & van Vugt, 2019;de Vries et al, 2016;Hilbig et al, 2018). 2…”

Section: Interdependence Theory Describes Affordances For Prosocial Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, previous experiments have found that Honesty-Humility predicts cooperative behaviour better in the dictator game than in the ultimatum game (e.g. Barends et al, 2019 ;Hilbig & Zettler, 2009).…”

Section: Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous research (Barends et al, 2019;Hilbig et al, 2018;Hilbig & Zettler, 2009) has relied on manipulating objective interdependence under highly controlled, but artificial laboratory conditions. Here, we also test our predictions on reports about daily life interactions obtained in people's natural environments by means of experience sampling.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Situational Affordances for Prosocial Behaviour: On the Interaction between Honesty–Humility and (Perceived) Interdependence

2019

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Individual differences in prosocial behaviour are well–documented. Increasingly, there has been a focus on the specific situations in which particular personality traits predict prosocial behaviour. HEXACO Honesty–Humility—the basic trait most consistently linked to prosocial behaviour in prior studies—has been found to predict prosociality most strongly in situations that afford the exploitation of others. Importantly, though, it may be the subjectively perceived situation that affords the behavioural expression of a trait. Following this reasoning, we tested the proposition that Honesty–Humility would predict prosocial behaviour more strongly in situations characterised by, and perceived to contain, two dimensions of interdependence that can afford exploitation: high conflict and high power. However, across a series of incentivised economic games and two large experience sampling studies, we only found inconsistent evidence for the association between Honesty–Humility and prosocial behaviour. Furthermore, the link between Honesty–Humility and prosociality was neither conditional on objective interdependence nor on subjective perceptions of interdependence. Nonetheless, perceptions of conflict and power tracked objective properties of economic games and were related to prosocial behaviour in the lab and field. Future research should take individuals’ subjective understanding of situations into account, which may also help understand the (generalisability of the) effect of Honesty–Humility on prosocial behaviour. © 2019 The Authors. European Journal of Personality published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Association of Personality Psychology

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Situational Affordances for Prosocial Behaviour: On the Interaction between Honesty–Humility and (Perceived) Interdependence

2019

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“…For example, a game involving delta =0.8 means that a rejected offer would only be diminished by 20%. Several studies have used modified delta games to manipulate varying levels of power (Barends et al., 2019; Handgraaf et al., 2008, Van Dijk et al., 2004).…”

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Beyond high and low: Obstacles and opportunities associated with conceptualizing middle power and other middle‐range effects

Anicich

2021

Social & Personality Psych

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Researchers disproportionately develop and test research questions aimed at understanding the effects of extreme—compared to intermediate or fluctuating—positions and states. Commonly applied theoretical frameworks and methodological tools reflect and serve to perpetuate this binary focus on extreme effects. Here, I attempt to lay the foundation for researchers to more rigorously and consistently study middle‐range effects in the psychological sciences in general and in the social power literature in particular. In proposing three different conceptualizations of “middle power,”—power fluctuation, power tension, and medium power—I identify theoretical and methodological obstacles and opportunities related to studying middle power. Overall, I argue that the landscape between a construct's poles is neither vacuous nor hypothetical space. Rather, it is potentially fertile, yet largely unharvested, scholarly terrain. Simply put, the middle matters, and deserves greater attention.

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The role of humility in Chief Executive Officers: a review

Brunzel

Ebsen

2022

Rev Manag Sci

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Humility, defined as a multidimensional construct comprising an accurate assessment of one’s characteristics, an ability to acknowledge limitations and strengths, and a low self-focus, is a complex trait to potentially counterbalance detrimental effects of “negative” personal traits (e.g., narcissism), thereby making it relevant to researchers and practitioners in Management and Psychology. Whereas the study of the humility construct has become ubiquitous in Social Psychology, to our best knowledge, a review of the effects of humility in the contexts of company leaders (i.e., Chief Executive Officers) is lacking. Our systematic review suggests that CEO humility, directly and indirectly, affects a variety of individual, team, and organizational level constructs. Implications for research and practice are discussed, providing a future agenda for the construct to reach its full potential despite its relative novelty.

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Power influences the expression of Honesty-Humility: The power-exploitation affordances hypothesis

Cited by 24 publications

References 94 publications

Situational Affordances for Prosocial Behaviour: On the Interaction between Honesty–Humility and (Perceived) Interdependence

Situational Affordances for Prosocial Behaviour: On the Interaction between Honesty–Humility and (Perceived) Interdependence

Beyond high and low: Obstacles and opportunities associated with conceptualizing middle power and other middle‐range effects

The role of humility in Chief Executive Officers: a review

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