“Power corrupts“ revisited: The role of construal of power as opportunity or responsibility

Power, Politics, and Paranoia: Why People are Suspicious of their Leaders

Volumn 9781107035805, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-88

  Sassenberg, Kai ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Scheepers, Daan ^b   Scholl, Annika ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139565417.007     Document Type: Chapter

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