The Power Paradox: Implicit and Explicit Power Motives, and the Importance Attached to Prosocial Organizational Goals in SMEs

The Power Paradox: Implicit and Explicit Power Motives, and the Importance Attached to Prosocial Organizational Goals in SMEs

We examine the fundamental tension between explicit and implicit power motives; and their combined impact on the importance attached to prosocial organizational goals in small businesses (SMEs). We show that key decision-makers with a dominant implicit power motive attach more importance to the pros...

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Main Authors: Julie Hermans, Hendrik Slabbinck, Johanna Vanderstraeten, Jacqueline Brassey, Marcus Dejardin, Dendi Ramdani, Arjen van Witteloostuijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
explicit motives
implicit motives
power motive
Brief Implicit Association Test (BIAT)
prosocial organizational behavior
job creation
environmental sustainability
small- and medium-size enterprise
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/11/2001

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