Two experiments contrasted interactions between group leaders with interactions between individuals in a mixed-motive setting. Consistent with the idea that being accountable to the in-group implies normative pressure to benefit the in-group, Experiment 1 found that accountable leaders were more competitive than individuals. Consistent with the idea that being unaccountable to the in-group implies normative pressure to be cooperative and that high guilt proneness provides motivation to be moral, Experiment 2 found that when guilt proneness was high, unaccountable leaders were less competitive than accountable leaders and did not differ significantly from individuals. In other words, the robust interindividual-intergroup discontinuity effect was eliminated when groups had unaccountable leaders who were high in guilt proneness.
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Reduction of interindividual-intergroup discontinuity: the role of leader accountability and proneness to guilt. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr
Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology
VOLUME: 93
Page Numbers: 250-65
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ISSN: 0022-3514
DAY: 3
MONTH: Aug
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA 16601, USA. tbp1@psu.edu
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NIMH
GRANT: MH53258
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MEDLINETA: J Pers Soc Psychol
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