The relationship between Chinese government officials’ sense of power and empathy: a moderated mediation model
摘要
This study gathered data from 661 authentic organizational contexts in China to explore the sense of power and structural power as distinct constructs within a moderated mediation framework, examining their impact on trait anxiety and empathy. Key findings reveal: (1) a robust positive correlation between the sense of power and both trait anxiety and empathy; (2) the intermediary role of trait anxiety in bridging the sense of power with empathy; (3) the moderating influence of administrative level on the predictive relationship between the sense of power and trait anxiety, with a marked effect among non-division-level officials as opposed to division-level counterparts; (4) gender-based disparities within the moderated mediation model, with men displaying a stronger predictive association between the sense of power and trait anxiety compared to women.