摘要
以多家企业的在职人员为被试,通过两个实验,探讨职场情境下马基雅维利主义和权力对不道德行为的影响。在测量被试马基雅维利主义水平的基础上,分别通过测量被试主观的真实权力,及设置情景启动被试的权力感知,考察被试对不道德行为的接受认同程度。结果发现:高马基雅维利主义倾向者相对更接受和认同不道德行为,当其处于高权力地位时,其对不道德行为的接受程度更高;而对于低马基雅维利主义倾向者,权力引起的对不道德行为的认知差异则不明显。
This study adopted a number of employees from different enterprises as subjects, to ex-plore the influence of Machiavellianism and power on unethical behavior in workplace context via two experiments. Study 1 measured the real power of the subjects while study 2 manipulated power through role power priming, to examine the acceptance degree of unethical behavior among employees on the basis of measuring the level of Machiavellianism. Our study demonstrated that individuals with higher Machiavellian tendency showed a higher degree of acceptance on unethical behavior. In addition, the study also found that higher power status made individuals with high Machiavellian tendency more like-ly to accept unethical behavior. On the other hand, the influence of power status on the attitudes to-wards unethical behavior was not significant among subjects with low tendency of Machiavellian.
