Less power, greater conflict low power increases the experience of conflict in multiple goal settings


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2018-01

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Journal Article

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Abstract

Power facilitates goal pursuit, but how does power affect the way people respond to conflict between their multiple goals? Our results showed that higher trait power was associated with reduced experience of conflict in scenarios describing multiple goals (Study 1) and between personal goals (Study 2). Moreover, manipulated low power increased individuals’ experience of goal conflict relative to high power and a control condition (Studies 3 and 4), with the consequence that they planned to invest less into the pursuit of their goals in the future. With its focus on multiple goals and individuals’ experiences during goal pursuit rather than objective performance, the present research uses new angles to examine power effects on goal pursuit.

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49 (1)

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47 - 62

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Hogrefe

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Power; Goal conflict; Self-efficacy; Multiple goals

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09562 - Schmid, Petra (ehemalig) / Schmid, Petra (former) check_circle

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