Power Affects Performance When the Pressure Is On: Evidence for Low-Power Threat and High-Power Lift

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 726-735

  Kang, Sonia K ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b   Kray, Laura J ^c   Shirako, Aiwa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

expectations; performance pressure; power; stereotype lift; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930724729     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215577365     Document Type: Article

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