English Dictionary

elbow mentality

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.

日本語の意味

個人の利益や野心を最優先にし、他者や組織よりも自分の利益を追求する自己中心的な姿勢。 / 他者を押しのけるような振る舞いで、自分の利益を確保する態度。

Her elbow mentality caused tensions on the team as she pushed projects forward to advance her own career.

彼女の利己的な態度は、彼女が自分の出世のためにプロジェクトを強引に進めたため、チーム内に緊張を生んだ。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.

In both samples, hierarchic self-interest, a syndrome of self-enhancing value orientations, sometimes called an ‘elbow mentality’ [Hadjar 2004] or a ‘capitalist mentality’ [Boehnke and Dragolov forthcoming], negatively predicted generalised trust, though once again the effect sizes were quite low.

elbow mentalities （ plural ）