is to assess the instrument regarding its reliability and validity. Internal reliability is assessed using Cronbach …’s alpha coefficient. A k-nn analysis was used to estimate divergent construct validity and criterion validity, and … nonparametric factor analysis was used to estimate convergent construct validity. The questionnaire satisfies the requirements of …

Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organizations. One of the problems with the extant literature on … positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare positions of the …-established approaches for the analysis of power in non-hierarchical organizations such as the Banzhaf measure; and thus they are all based …

of social life: hierarchy and power asymmetry. While recent accounts posit that hierarchies can reduce within …-group conflict, individuals who possess high rank or power tend to show less cooperation. How, then, is cooperation achieved within … groups that contain power asymmetries? To address this question, the present research examines how relative power affects …