Control aversion in hierarchies
通过实验室实验，研究上级与下属的层级距离如何影响员工对控制措施的负面反应，发现直接上级实施控制会加剧控制厌恶。
ABSTRACT Companies typically control various aspects of their workers’ behaviors. In this article, we investigate whether the hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers’ ensuing reaction. In particular, we conduct a laboratory experiment to test whether potential negative behavioral reactions to imposed control are larger when they are implemented by a direct superior rather than a hierarchically more distant superior. We find that hierarchical proximity indeed magnifies such control aversion and discuss several potential channels for this result.