Highlights•Hierarchy, a human constant, comprises power (resources) and status
(prestige).•Rank, temporary or chronic, creates distance, agency, and deference.•Individual …

Power is a critical resource for organizational actors. Given the profound importance of
power to individual functioning, it is essential to understand how some individuals acquire …

Recognizing that powerholders operate in dynamic relational and interdependent work
contexts, we posit that the effects of psychological power on powerholders are more …

Interpersonal contexts can be complex because they can involve two or more people who
are interdependent, each of whom is pursuing both individual and shared goals. Interactions …

Social influence has played a central role in social psychology since its inception as a
discipline more than 100 years ago (for historical reviews, see Allport, 1954, and Prislin & …

“Socially, Mack and the boys were beyond the pale. Sam Malloy didn't speak to them as they
went by the boiler. They drew into themselves and no one could foresee how they would …

Past research has demonstrated a causal relationship between power and dominant
behavior, motivated in part by the desire to maintain the social distinctiveness created by …

The author analyzes the pain of social exclusion and ostracism in terms of his temporal need–
threat model. For the purposes of this book, he focuses especially on research pertinent to …

Although many historical and current examples of populist movements exist, consensus on
the operationalization of “populism” does not. However, noteworthy similarities among …

Groups become insular to the extent their members share a sense of reality diverging from
the mainstream. This is driven by a perceived threat to basic social identity motives–a …