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“Powerful people feel and express less gratitude to their subordinates”

Just saw this great article, seemed like it'd be right up this sub's alley. It refers to a paper written by Alice Lee et al, with such salient points like: People with more power express less gratitude to others than lower-power individuals when they receive a favor; People with more power actually feel less gratitude about the favors they receive than individuals with less power; People with less power feel and express more gratitude than higher-power individuals due to experiencing increased concern about interpersonal relations; People with more power who receive favors feel and express less gratitude than lower-power favor recipients due to an increased sense of psychological entitlement. Sometimes science has to prove what we already know!


Just saw this great article, seemed like it'd be right up this sub's alley. It refers to a paper written by Alice Lee et al, with such salient points like:

  • People with more power express less gratitude to others than lower-power individuals when they receive a favor;
  • People with more power actually feel less gratitude about the favors they receive than individuals with less power;
  • People with less power feel and express more gratitude than higher-power individuals due to experiencing increased concern about interpersonal relations;
  • People with more power who receive favors feel and express less gratitude than lower-power favor recipients due to an increased sense of psychological entitlement.

Sometimes science has to prove what we already know!

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