Reply to Wu and Wilkes: Power, whether situational or durable, decreases both relational and generalized trust

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management and Organizations, The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ 85721-0108;
² Department of Marketing, The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ 85721-0108; reimann@arizona.edu.
³ Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

Comment

Oliver Schilke et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 15;113(11):E1418.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524382113. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

¹ Department of Management and Organizations, The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ 85721-0108;
² Department of Marketing, The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Tucson, AZ 85721-0108; reimann@arizona.edu.
³ Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Power decreases trust in social exchange.
Schilke O, Reimann M, Cook KS. Schilke O, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Oct 20;112(42):12950-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517057112. Epub 2015 Oct 5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26438869 Free PMC article.
Durable power and generalized trust in everyday social exchange.
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