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Corrupting Effects of Unequal Power: Cognitive Perspective-Taking and Cooperation.
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Tjosvold, Dean; Okun, Morris A. – 1976
Ninety college students were randomly assigned to be high or low-power and interacted with another who consistently cooperated, consistently competed, or alternately cooperated and competed. Low-power persons were hypothesized to be motivated to take another's cognitive perspective in order to reduce their uncertainty and to help them decide how…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Individual Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis