AWARENESS OF POWER AS A MODERATOR OF EXPECTANCY CONFIRMATION - WHOS THE BOSS AROUND HERE

Perceiver and target awareness of perceiver power were manipulated ort hogonally to examine their roles as potential moderators of expectancy confirmation. Perceivers were given an expectancy manipulation that t heir partners in an upcoming interaction were either high or low in cr eativity. In addition, perceivers were either told or not told that th ey were assigned to role-play the boss in this interaction; targets' b eliefs that the perceiver would be the boss were also orthogonally man ipulated. Analyses indicated that perceiver awareness of power was a m ore important predictor of expectancy confirmation than was target awa reness of perceiver power. Implications for understanding the dynamics underlying power relations are discussed.