Dominance captures behavioural patterns found in social hierarchies that arise from
agonistic interactions in which some individuals coercively exploit their control over costs …

Illuminating the nature of leadership and followership requires insights into not only how
leaders and followers behave, but also the different cognitions that underpin these social …

Cultural and evolutionary explanations are often seen as rivals in the social sciences. It is
therefore not surprising that these perspectives have also communicated little in leadership …

Why do people often pursue social rank using coercive and potentially costly dominance-
oriented strategies (grounded in fear and intimidation) rather than noncoercive prestige …

Objective We investigated how these motivations combined within individuals to form unique
profiles, and how these different profiles relate to personality traits and team behaviors …

Whom do people prefer to have serve as leaders and how does the answer depend on
social context? Despite prior research suggesting a preference for dominant leaders during …

Vigilantes are people who monitor their environment for signs of wrongdoing and administer
unauthorized punishment on perceived norm violators. We propose that one reason people …

Leaders play a pivotal role in establishing ethical norms and behaviors within organizations.
Across seven studies (three in the Supplementary Information), we explore how …

Although extant research suggests that power without status, but not status without power,
induces interpersonal conflict, we are yet to fully understand the asymmetric effects of …

Some people deliberately spread conspiracy theories. What are the reputational benefits
and costs of doing so? The Adaptive‐Conspiracism hypothesis proposes that it pays to be …