Legitimacy of Control

Wendelin Schnedler and Radovan Vadovic ()

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2011, vol. 20, issue 4, 985-1009

Abstract: Control sometimes triggers negative responses. Although there is empirical evidence for such negative reactions and theories that can explain them, it remains to be examined when they occur. We conjecture that these negative responses disappear if control is legitimate, that is, if it averts antisocial behavior. Specifically, we predict that fewer individuals respond negatively to control if control prevents selfishness or theft. We confirm these predictions in an experiment.

Date: 2011
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (35)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9134.2011.00315.x

Related works:
Working Paper: Legitimacy of Control (2007)
Working Paper: Legitimacy of Control (2007)
Working Paper: Legitimacy of control (2007)
Working Paper: Legitimacy of Control (2007)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jemstr:v:20:y:2011:i:4:p:985-1009

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... ref=1058-6407&site=1

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().