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Use of power to punish, especially those considering joining your tribe, are empirically shown to be disliked and generate a reduction in available power over a

by eldude 11y ago

Use of power to punish, especially those considering joining your tribe, are empirically shown to be disliked and generate a reduction in available power over and alignment with those outside the tribe. This will hurt Zenefits, despite the CEO's intention to strengthen it. This was an amazing opportunity for the Zenefits CEO to publicly and prominently compete and make the case for working at Zenefit's (in a general sense, not for this candidate specifically). Instead, he ran away and threw the candidate under the bus. Shameful.

koube 11y ago
Do you have a source? Not doubting you, but I think I see a lot of people take glee in punishing other people and would like to have an objective reason to disagree with it.
- eldude 11y ago
  I'm having difficult finding the studies, but here's a research paper on the subject that includes a lot of evidence on the matter: "The evolution of prestige: Freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission"[1]. Once you're literate in power dynamics, you'll see evidence everywhere. > I see a lot of people take glee in punishing other people The fact that prestige is more effective than force, doesn't mean that force isn't effective. Imagine someone who's completely undeserving of any prestige-based status, yet has the means to control a business. Prestige-based status is unavailable to them, so they will use force, and eventually, the only employees that stick around are those that accepts such uses of force. (Imagine a toxic work environment) Silicon Valley on the other hand (or engineers) are in high demand, and thus have no need to endure use of force (abuse) because there are those that will employ them that are deserving of prestige. [1] http://www.hirhome.com/academic/hen&gil.pdf http://www.hirhome.com/academic/hen&gil.pdf

by eldude 11y ago

koube 11y ago

Do you have a source? Not doubting you, but I think I see a lot of people take glee in punishing other people and would like to have an objective reason to disagree with it.

eldude 11y ago
I'm having difficult finding the studies, but here's a research paper on the subject that includes a lot of evidence on the matter: "The evolution of prestige: Freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission"[1]. Once you're literate in power dynamics, you'll see evidence everywhere. > I see a lot of people take glee in punishing other people The fact that prestige is more effective than force, doesn't mean that force isn't effective. Imagine someone who's completely undeserving of any prestige-based status, yet has the means to control a business. Prestige-based status is unavailable to them, so they will use force, and eventually, the only employees that stick around are those that accepts such uses of force. (Imagine a toxic work environment) Silicon Valley on the other hand (or engineers) are in high demand, and thus have no need to endure use of force (abuse) because there are those that will employ them that are deserving of prestige. [1] http://www.hirhome.com/academic/hen&gil.pdf http://www.hirhome.com/academic/hen&gil.pdf