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Power, communion and satisfaction: Authenticity as a common mediator in C hina
Author(s) -
Wang Yi Nan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/ajsp.12080
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , friendship , romance , feeling , power (physics) , context (archaeology) , china , political science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis , law , biology
We investigated the mediating effect of authenticity on the ability of power and communion to predict feelings of satisfaction in work, romantic and friendship roles in a C hinese sample. That authenticity mediates the effect of power on satisfaction in specific roles has been previously demonstrated in studies with W estern participants, and this study sought to replicate these findings in an E ast A sian context. Furthermore, given the importance of communion in maintaining C hinese satisfaction, our second aim was to extend previous studies by testing whether authenticity mediates the effects of communion on C hinese satisfaction. One hundred and fifty C hinese participants completed the surveys addressing work, romantic relationships and friendships. The results reveal that both power and communion are significant predictors of C hinese satisfaction but their impact differed according to relationship type. Power and communion significantly predicted satisfaction in an interactive manner in business roles, but did so in an additive manner in close roles. More importantly, authenticity mediated the effects of both power and communion on C hinese satisfaction. These results show that authenticity is one of the common essences in the prediction of power and communion to C hinese satisfaction.