{"id":9067,"date":"2025-04-04T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/779840178388877312-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:17:49","slug":"779840178388877312-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/779840178388877312-2\/","title":{"rendered":"779840178388877312"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/persuasion-bias-and-choice\/202112\/motivation-for-power-why-do-people-want-to-be-in-charge\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/persuasion-bias-and-choice\/202112\/motivation-for-power-why-do-people-want-to-be-in-charge\",\"title\":\"Motivation for Power: Why Do People Want to Be in Charge?\",\"description\":\"Different motivations toward power and leadership can result in cooperation and self-determination, or corruption and misery, for both the l\",\"site_name\":\"Psychology Today\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"820a45e82aba9f49246c21fd3bc4d55a:daa1f094664ef02d-ab\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1528,\"height\":800}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/persuasion-bias-and-choice\/202112\/motivation-for-power-why-do-people-want-to-be-in-charge\" target=\"_blank\">Motivation for Power: Why Do People Want to Be in Charge?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Cislak, Cichocka, Wojcik, and Frankowska (2018), individuals seek power and leadership positions for two reasons. On one hand, they may be motivated to obtain control over others, especially to influence their behavior. On the other hand, they might be motivated by personal control instead, particularly to increase their own self-determination and autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>This difference echoes back to Mary Parker Follett\u2019s (1868-1933) earlier distinction between power over others (i.e., coercion) versus power with others (i.e., co-action) in management situations (Mel\u00e9 &#038; Rosanas, 2003). Furthermore, much as Follett noted almost a century before, Cislak and associates (2018) also found that each type of motivation led to different leadership behaviors and outcomes. Those who sought power to control others tended to be aggressive and exploitative. Those who wanted more personal control over their own lives, however, were not aggressive or exploitative as leaders. 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