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Authority Acceptance

Authority Acceptance is a construct in organizational behavior that refers to the extent to which members of an organization or culture perceive hierarchical power as legitimate and appropriate, thereby acquiescing to decisions and directives from superiors without requiring justification.

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28

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2017–2026

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Publications

21

An “attitude to authority” scale

John J. Ray · Australian Psychologist · 1971 · 52 citations

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Toward a Theory of Organizational Behavior

Robert Presthus · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1958 · 51 citations

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Acceptance of Authority and Directiveness as Indicators of Authoritarianism: A New Framework

Kate Rigby · The Journal of Social Psychology · 1984 · 39 citations

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The generality of attitudes toward authority and nonauthority figures.

Leroy S. Burwen, Donald T. Campbell · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1957 · 34 citations

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Zone of Acceptance under Performance Measurement: Does Performance Information Affect Employee Acceptance of Management Authority?

Poul Aaes Nielsen, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen · Public Administration Review · 2018 · 28 citations

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Authors

28

  1. KR
    Ken Rigby

    University of South Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. KR
    Kate Rigby

    Australian Institute of Business, Australia

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  3. DT
    Donald T. Campbell

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. CB
    Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. MP
    Michael Petrick

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

20

  1. Australian Institute of Business

    Adelaide, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    56 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  4. Marietta College

    Marietta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Austrian Institute of Technology

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  7. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Social Psychology

    4 publications · 84 citations

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  2. Journal of Personality

    2 publications · 35 citations

    2

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  3. The Western Political Quarterly

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  4. Public Administration Review

    PAR · 1 publications · 28 citations

    1

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  5. Australian Psychologist

    1 publications · 52 citations

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