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From power to action.
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Three experiments investigated the hypothesis that power increases an action orientation in the power holder, even in contexts where power is not directly experienced, suggesting that the experience of power leads to the performance of goal-directed behavior.
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8 Social Hierarchy: The Self‐Reinforcing Nature of Power and Status
Abstract Hierarchy is such a defining and pervasive feature of organizations that its forms and basic functions are often taken for granted in organizational research. In this review, we revisit some…
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Perspective-taking: decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism.
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The role of self-other overlap in producing prosocial outcomes and the separation of the conscious, explicit effects from the nonconscious, implicit effects of perspective-taking are discussed.
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Power, optimism, and risk‐taking
Five studies investigated the hypotheses that the sense of power increases optimism in perceiving risks and leads to more risky behavior. In Studies 1 and 2, individuals with a higher generalized…
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Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception
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It is demonstrated that increased pattern perception has a motivational basis by measuring the need for structure directly and showing that the causal link between lack of control and illusory pattern perception is reduced by affirming the self.
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Battle of the sexes: gender stereotype confirmation and reactance in negotiations.
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The authors examined how gender stereotypes affect negotiation performance and examined the cognitive processes involved in stereotype reactance and the conditions under which cooperative behaviors between men and women can be promoted at the bargaining table (by activating a shared identity that transcends gender).
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Power and Perspectives Not Taken
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In Experiment 3, high-power participants were less accurate than control participants in determining other people's emotion expressions; these results suggest a power-induced impediment to experiencing empathy.
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Power reduces the press of the situation: implications for creativity, conformity, and dissonance.
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5 experiments demonstrate that the powerful generate creative ideas that are less influenced by salient examples, express attitudes that conform less to the expressed opinions of others, and are more influenced by their own social value orientation relative to the reputation of a negotiating opponent.
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Cultural borders and mental barriers: the relationship between living abroad and creativity.
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The relationship between living abroad and creativity was consistent across a number of creativity measures (including those measuring insight, association, and generation), as well as with masters of business administration and undergraduate samples, both in the United States and Europe, demonstrating the robustness of this phenomenon.
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Why It Pays to Get Inside the Head of Your Opponent
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It is found that perspective taking increased individuals' ability to discover hidden agreements and to both create and claim resources at the bargaining table, and empathy did not prove nearly as advantageous and at times was detrimental to discovering a possible deal and achieving individual profit.
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