Prestige Orientation and Reconciliation in the Workplace.

ABSTRACT: Human social hierarchies comprise two distinct bases of status: dominance and prestige. One can acquire high social status not only by physically intimidating others (dominance) but also by providing information goods to others (prestige). Given that prestige-oriented individuals need to be liked and accepted by others, we hypothesized that they would be more eager to reconcile with their coworkers when they were involved in interpersonal conflicts in their workplaces. Study 1 asked 487 respondents about their conciliatory behaviors in response to workplace conflicts. Prestige-oriented individuals were more apologetic (when they hurt someone in their workplace) and forgiving (when they were hurt by someone). However, analyses of a subsample of respondents who had conflicts with their follo

SUBMITTER: Ohtsubo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10355307 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature