In what way can psychological empowerment and its factor of competence contribute to a negative organizational culture? Competent employees benefit from private acknowledgement of their accomplishments. Respecting one person's privacy can cause others to feel excluded. Competent employees are easily motivated by public recognition of their daily accomplishments, leading to attention-seeking behaviors instead of productivity. Competent employees can become resentful when regularly asked to pick up the slack by employees who are not performing as well. Competent employees already feel psychologically empowered compared to less competent employees, so they believe they are entitled to discriminate against others