Posts tagged with: Effects of power
Your body language shapes who you are. (2012)
“Power posing”, standing in a posture of confidence, can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain Amy Cuddy, social psychologist TED Talk June 2012. “We know that our minds...
Power and over-confident decision-making. (2011)
"In 2009, British Petroleum (BP) executives confidently down-played potential risks associated with their Gulf of Mexico oil rig, assuring regulators that it was virtually impossible for a major accident to...
Research on power teaches why Blagojevich did what he did (…and why he might get away with It). (2010)
"The powerful often egregiously overstep sacred bounds of public and private trust, only to be consistently forgiven. This "power tango" is driven by a unique brew of intoxication. Adam...
Power: Why some people have it – and others don’t. (2010)
"One of the effects of power is that it dissolves inhibitions as effectively as alcohol. Powerful people tend to think rules do not apply to them, and their drives often override...
How Power Corrupts: cognition and democracy in organisations. (2010)
"Drawing on the history of political ideas and current research on the nature of power, Blaug shows that corruption affects both elites and subordinates, and that its symptoms are best treated...
Power reduces the press of the situation: implications for creativity, conformity and dissonance. (2008)
"..explores whether power psychologically protects people from influence. ...experiments demonstrate that the powerful (a) generate creative ideas that are less influenced by salient examples, (b) express attitudes that conform less.... Galinsky, A.D.,...
Power, propensity to negotiate, and moving first in competitive interactions. (2007)
"...high-power individuals displayed a greater propensity to initiate a negotiation than did low-power individuals... power increased the likelihood of making the first move in a variety of competitive interactions. ...
Power, optimism and risk-taking. (2006)
"..investigated the hypotheses that the sense of power increases optimism in perceiving risks and leads to more risky behaviour. ...individuals with a higher generalized sense of power were more optimistic...
Power and perspectives not taken. (2006)
"Experiencing power seems to almost instantly impair an individual's ability to appreciate the perspectives of others. ..power leads individuals to anchor too heavily on their own vantage point, insufficiently adjusting...
Leadership and the psychology of power. (2005)
“…power is disinhibiting… to understand leadership behaviour it is important to consider the psychological effects of power on the leader” Joe C. Magee, Deborah. H. Gruenfeld; Stanford University Dacher J....