Several political analysts, communication strategists, and academics have speculated that leaders who openly defy the norms of political correctness may gain a reputation for honesty and integrity, which may make them come across as more trustworthy. The present article reports the results from two randomized vignette-based experiments exploring the potential link between managers’ political incorrectness and perceived trustworthiness. The results offer no support for the notion that managers who make politically incorrect statements will come across as more trustworthy. On the contrary, the levels of perceived trustworthiness were found to be substantially lower for managers who express politically incorrect views, compared with those who express contrasting politically correct views.

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政治不正确的言论不会让领导者看起来更值得信赖：探索政治不正确的感知后果的随机实验

几位政治分析家、传播战略家和学者推测，公开违反政治正确规范的领导人可能会因诚实和正直而获得声誉，这可能会使他们更值得信赖。本文报告了两个基于随机小插曲的实验的结果，这些实验探索了管理者的政治不正确与感知到的可信度之间的潜在联系。结果并不支持这样一种观点，即发表政治不正确言论的经理会让人觉得更值得信赖。相反，与表达相反政治正确观点的管理者相比，表达政治不正确观点的管理者的感知可信度水平要低得多。