In the last two decades, a growing body of theory and research has targeted the role of
cardiac vagal control (CVC) in emotional responding. This research has either focused on …

Sociocognitive research has demonstrated that power affects how people feel, think, and
act. In this article, I review literature from social psychology, neuroscience, management …

Empathy, a multidimensional construct comprised of cognitive, affective, and behavioral
dimensions, has been advanced as a critical predictor of prosocial behavior and …

We propose that asymmetric dependence between individuals (ie, power) produces
asymmetric social distance, with high-power individuals feeling more distant than low-power …

Compassion is an interpersonal process involving the noticing, feeling, sensemaking, and
acting that alleviates the suffering of another person. This process has recently received …

Empathy involves understanding and “feeling with” others' emotions, and is an essential
capacity underlying sensitive care in humans and other species. Evidence suggests that the …

In this chapter, we provide a primer on the social psychological study of power and capture
emerging themes that we think are likely to develop into the next wave of research on power …

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a set of abilities that pertain to emotions and emotional
information. EI has attracted considerable attention among organizational scholars, and …

Does power corrupt a moral identity, or does it enable a moral identity to emerge? Drawing
from the power literature, we propose that the psychological experience of power, although …

The study of prosocial behavior—altruism, cooperation, trust, and the related moral emotions—
has matured enough to produce general scholarly consensus that prosociality is …