Cultural collectivism and tightness moderate responses to norm violators: Effects on Power Perception, Moral Emotions, and Leader Support

Stamkou,E.Van Kleef,G. A.Homan,A. C.Gelfand,M. J.van de Vijver,Fonsvan Egmond,MariekeBoer,D.Phiri,N.Ayub,N.Kinias,Z.Cantarero,K.Efrat-Treister,D.Figueiredo,A.Hashimoto,H.Hofmann,E. B.Lima,R. P.Lee,I-C.2025-02-012025-02-012019-06Stamkou, E, Van Kleef, G A, Homan, A C, Gelfand, M J, van de Vijver, F, van Egmond, M, Boer, D, Phiri, N, Ayub, N, Kinias, Z, Cantarero, K, Efrat-Treister, D, Figueiredo, A, Hashimoto, H, Hofmann, E B, Lima, R P & Lee, I-C 2019, 'Cultural collectivism and tightness moderate responses to norm violators : Effects on Power Perception, Moral Emotions, and Leader Support', Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 947-964. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672188028320146-1672ORCID: /0000-0003-3100-4947/work/13849599710.1177/0146167218802832https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/71312Responses to norm violators are poorly understood. On one hand, norm violators are perceived as powerful, which may help them to get ahead. On the other hand, norm violators evoke moral outrage, which may frustrate their upward social mobility. We addressed this paradox by considering the role of culture. Collectivistic cultures value group harmony and tight cultures value social order. We therefore hypothesized that collectivism and tightness moderate reactions to norm violators. We presented 2,369 participants in 19 countries with a norm violation or a norm adherence scenario. In individualistic cultures, norm violators were considered more powerful than norm abiders and evoked less moral outrage, whereas in collectivistic cultures, norm violators were considered less powerful and evoked more moral outrage. Moreover, respondents in tighter cultures expressed a stronger preference for norm followers as leaders. Cultural values thus influence responses to norm violators, which may have downstream consequences for violators' hierarchical positions.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessANGERBEHAVIORCONSEQUENCESDESCRIPTIVE NORMSHYPOTHESISINDIVIDUALISMMEDIATIONMULTILEVEL MODELSSELFVIOLATIONScollectivismleadershipmoral emotionsnorm violationtightnessSDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesCultural collectivism and tightness moderate responses to norm violators: Effects on Power Perception, Moral Emotions, and Leader SupportArticleGeneral rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. - Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. - You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain - You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal" Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85060162507open2995075748885618https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/2054299a-f0ca-4c9f-96e5-9ea3949e3c4c(c) Universiteit van TilburgStamkou, E.Van Kleef, G. A.Homan, A. C.Gelfand, M. J.van de Vijver, Fonsvan Egmond, Marieke§0000-0003-3100-4947Boer, D.Phiri, N.Ayub, N.Kinias, Z.Cantarero, K.Efrat-Treister, D.Figueiredo, A.Hashimoto, H.Hofmann, E. B.Lima, R. P.Lee, I-C.