Does influence beget autonomy? Clarifying the relationship between social and personal power

Leach, S.; Weick, M.; Lammers, J.

Abstract

We iteratively develop and test a model to clarify the relationship between both high and low levels of social (influence) and personal (autonomy) power. A meta-analysis synthesising primary data (n = 298) and secondary data (n = 498) found that impaired personal power coincided with impaired social power, but not vice versa. Unexpectedly, elevated social power did not coincide with elevated personal power, suggesting that the association between influence and autonomy attenuates with increasing levels of power. Predictions arising from the meta-analysis and our revised theoretical model were supported in a subsequent study (n = 266). We discuss implications of these findings and avenues for future research.

Citation

Leach, S., Weick, M., & Lammers, J. (2017). Does influence beget autonomy? Clarifying the relationship between social and personal power. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 1(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.5

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 9, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Publication Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 18, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
• Electronic ISSN: 2475-0387
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.5
• Keywords: Power, Influence, Autonomy.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1320019
• Related Public URLs: http://kar.kent.ac.uk/61676/