权力的积极效应

The positive effects of power

谈及权力,人们更多联想到的是其负面效应如自私、腐败等。近年来随着积极心理学的兴盛,学者开始转移视角,探索权力的积极效应。权力属于关系范畴,权力的积极效应不仅反映在个人身上,还折射在人际背景中。就个体而言,权力使其拥有者有更积极的自我概念、更多的正性评价、更敏捷的思维速度。同时,权力能保证人际间良好协作、沟通,使得社会和组织生活有序地发展。但权力效应受多个个人变量及情景变量的调节。

Power is often associated with negative effects such as selfishness and corruption. However, with the prosperity of positive psychology, scholars begin to shift their perspectives to explore the positive effects of power recently. Power is a core dimension of social interactions and relationships, which has positive effects on both its owner and interpersonal interactions. For individuals, power enables its owner a more positive self-concept, more positive evaluation and a much better mental ability. Meanwhile, power promots interpersonal collaboration and communication, which will induce a healthy and orderly development of social and organization life. The effects of power is mediated by personal and situational variables. Limitations and future studies were discussed as well.