Oneself is more important: Exploring the role of narcissism and fear of negative evaluation in the relationship between subjective social class and dishonesty
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Song Wu, Jingyuan Liang, Jing Lin, Wei Cai Published: June 7, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218076 Abstract Previous studies have found that high social class individuals are more dishonest than low social class ones. However, the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon is still unclear. The “ignoring negative consequences” hypothesis suggests that belonging to a high social class makes individuals ignore the negative consequences of dishonesty, whereas the “self-focused” hypothesis suggests that belonging to a high social class makes…
