How power affects the way you behave—and the way you’re punished

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  • 6 years ago
We all live by society's invisible rules but for some groups these rules are tighter than for others, says psychologist Michele Gelfand. Can "cultural intelligence" help us break up these bubbles, where those who are more powerful live according to looser standards than the boundaries set up for the less powerful?

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