When power increases perspective-taking: The moderating role of syncretic self-esteem

Some research results show that power reduces perspective-taking and concern for others; however, other research results show that power might increase perspective-taking in some conditions. To understand the contradictory relationship between power and perspective-taking, the current study proposed that a form of contingent self-esteem depending on the integration of agency and communion, so-called syncretic self-esteem, would moderate the...