Data from: Forces of corruption: Effects of power on perceptions of openness and information-sharing

This is the underlying dataset for the master thesis: <i>Forces of corruption: Effects of power on perceptions of openness and information-sharing</i>. <br>In considering the power relations that characterize a manager-subordinate relationship, upward information-sharing is often constrained by relative power differentials. However, a burgeoning volume of research has established that power holders are more attuned to situational goals, thus exhibit greater flexibility in behaviour than powerless persons. This paper therefore proposed a model with epistemic motivation as an intervening variable that enhances information-sharing between dyadic counterparts who have unequal power. However, this model was not supported by findings. Nonetheless, this can be attributed to experimental settings – which future studies should address with construct replication.

本数据集为硕士论文《腐败的作用力：权力对开放性认知与信息共享的影响》的配套基础数据集。在审视管理者-下属关系所特有的权力关系时，向上信息共享常受相对权力差距的制约。然而，大量涌现的研究表明，权力持有者相较于无权个体，更能契合情境目标，因此行为灵活性更强。因此，本研究提出了一个以认知动机（epistemic motivation）为中介变量的模型，该模型可提升权力不对等的双边互动对象间的信息共享水平。但研究结果并未支持该模型。不过，这一结果可归因于实验设置的局限——未来研究可通过构念复现来解决该问题。