University of Groningen
Power in organizational life
Feenstra, Sanne
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10.33612/diss.113059375
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Feenstra, S. (2020). Power in organizational life: An investigation of how stable and unstable power affect important organizational and leadership outcomes. University of Groningen, SOM research school. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.113059375
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Power in organizational life:
An investigation of how stable and unstable power
affect important organizational and leadership outcomes
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Power in organizational life
An investigation of how stable and unstable power affect i mportant
organizational and leadership outcomes
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. C. Wijmenga en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op maandag 3 februari 2020 om 12.45 uur
door
Sanne Feenstra
geboren op 13 februari 1987538946-L-bw-Feenstra-SOM 538946-L-bw-Feenstra-SOM 538946-L-bw-Feenstra-SOM 538946-L-bw-Feenstra-SOM Processed on: 13-12-2019 Processed on: 13-12-2019 Processed on: 13-12-2019
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Prof. dr. J.I. Stoker Prof. dr. J. Jordan Prof. dr. F. Walter
Beoordelingscommissie Prof. dr. F.A. Rink Prof. dr. D.T. Scheepers Prof. dr. J.C. Magee
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Chapter 1 General introduction 6
Chapter 2 The hazard of teetering at the top and being tied to the bottom:
The interactive relationship of power, stability, and social dominance orientation with work stress
20
Chapter 3 Why power instability reduces leaders’ power sharing: The
mediating role of distrust
42
Chapter 4 Self-serving justifications shape the unethical behavior of the powerful
90
Chapter 5 General discussion 111
References 120
Samenvatting 152
