It's long been noted that power corrupts, but it also makes people hypocrites, too. It just so happens that a handful of politicians were publicly making Adam Galinsky's point as he and two social psychology colleagues were studying the interplay of Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Miller-McCune
Interesting report on a recent study showing that power makes people cheat and become more hypocritical. This short article summarizes the findings of social psychologists at Northwestern and Tilburg University, with links to their research.
I already knew from personal experience that power corrupts, but this article shows scientific evidence that it really does affect anyone, at a deeper level than we realize. All the more reason to be careful with how we individually deal with this dangerous burden.
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