New insights into corruption: Paradoxical effects of approach-orientation for powerholders

Does power lead to corruption (Kipnis, 1972), and if so, why? Here, a novel mechanism is proposed for understanding the complex relationship between power and corruption by incorporating recent work on morality (Janoff-Bulman, Sheikh, & Hepp, 2009). By bridging the power, self-regulation, and mo...

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Main Author: Rock, Mindi S
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3556282