elbow mentality | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)An attitude characterized byself-interestand a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness toelbow(verb)past others.2012December 1, Klaus Boehnke, Susanne Rippl, “General and ‘Neighbourly’ Trust in Border Regions: An Analysis of the Influence of Disintegration Experience and of Self-Enhancement Mentalities in the German-Czech Border Regions”, inCzech Sociological Review[Sociologický časopis]‎[1], volume48, number 6, Prague: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i.,→ISSN,→JSTOR,→OCLC, pages1075–1092:In both samples,hierarchicself-interest, asyndromeof self-enhancing value orientations, sometimes called an ‘elbow mentality’ [Hadjar 2004] or a ‘capitalistmentality’ [Boehnke and Dragolov forthcoming], negatively predicted generalised trust, though once again theeffect sizeswere quite low.2018, Christian Kenntner, editor,WE in Transition[Das WIR im Wandel]‎[2](PDF), Bonn: International FoodNetCenter Bonn, archived fromthe originalon8 February 2021, page21:Elbow mentalityandcompetitionwith the aim of absoluteprofit maximizationseem to drive trade and economic relations.2020,Campana & Schott as an Employer‎[3], Campana & Schott, archived fromthe originalon20 October 2020:We believe inhigh fivesinstead ofelbow mentality. This means above all that we help each other, celebrate our successes together and treat each otheramicably.2021February 7, Kate Connolly, “Freedom and fairness: Covid vaccine passport plans cause global unease; Schemes are in development from Sweden to China, but there are fears around transmission and social unrest”, inThe Guardian‎[4], archived fromthe originalon7 February 2021:Germany's ethics council, an independent body that advises the government, has recommended that no special conditions be granted to theinoculated. It declared it was “currently unacceptable to lift state restrictions oncivil liberties”, arguing not only was there a lack of evidence over whether vaccinated people could still spread the virus, but that introducing special privileges for them might encourage an “elbow mentality” which could lead to unrest. If there was to be a priority, it should go to the vaccinated residents ofcare homesin recognition of the extraordinary burdens they face.

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