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

This is the underlying dataset for the master thesis: Forces of corruption: Effects of power on perceptions of openness and information-sharing. 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.

本数据集为硕士学位论文《腐败之力：权力对开放性与信息共享感知的影响》的基础数据集。在考量管理者与下属之间具有代表性的权力关系时，向上级的信息共享往往受到相对权力差异的限制。然而，大量研究已确立，权力持有者更倾向于适应情境目标，因此相较于无权者，他们在行为上展现出更大的灵活性。因此，本文提出了一种以认知动机作为中介变量的模型，旨在增强权力不平等的双边主体之间的信息共享。然而，该模型并未得到研究结果的支撑。尽管如此，这一现象可归因于实验设置——未来研究应通过构造复制来解决这一问题。