agency

How group personality composition affects person and group outcomes: An integrative analysis using the Group-Actor-Partner-Interdependence Model

A substantial part of people’s social lives unfolds within groups. Yet, there is a notable research gap concerning if and how the personality characteristics that people bring to group interactions combine to predict person and group outcomes. In …

Behavioral and valuation contingency: Why the same dispositions lead to different social evaluations across contexts

Studies have linked personality dispositions to important social evaluations, such as how much power individuals are granted, or how much they are liked. Yet, these links are not always consistent and seem to depend on the social context. We zeroed …

Can other-derogation be beneficial? Seeing others as low in agency can lead to an agentic reputation in newly formed face-to-face groups

Whenever groups form, members readily and intuitively judge each other’s agentic characteristics (e.g., self-confidence or assertiveness). We tested the hypothesis that perceiving others as low in these characteristics triggers agentic interpersonal …