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Pamela K. Smith

Full Professor (as of July 1, 2025) | Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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March 20, 2025

Elevated Power Promotes Prosocial Behavior More than Elevated Status (PDF)→

March 20, 2025/ Pamela Smith

Hadar, B., Simchon, A., Gilead, M., & Smith, P. K. (in press). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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in-press, journal-article
power, interpersonal relationships, status
December 15, 2023

Self-Control Signals and Affords Power (PDF)→

December 15, 2023/ Pamela Smith

Wu, S., Smallman, R., & Smith, P. K. (2024). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127, 1189-1214.

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journal-article, 2024
power, perception of others, goals and motivation
January 14, 2022

Medium Is a Powerful Message: Pictures Signal Less Power Than Words (PDF)→

January 14, 2022/ Pamela Smith

Amit, E., Danziger, S., & Smith, P. K. (2022). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 169, 104132.

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2022, journal-article
power, perception of others, social distance
May 17, 2021

Power Increases Perceptions of Others’ Choices, Leading People to Blame Others More (PDF)→

May 17, 2021/ Pamela Smith

Yin, Y., Savani, K., & Smith, P.K. (2022). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 170-177.

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journal-article, 2022
power, perception of others
February 26, 2021

When and How Refusing to Help Decreases One’s Influence (PDF)→

February 26, 2021/ Pamela Smith

Yin, Y., & Smith, P.K. (2021). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104120

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February 26, 2021/ Pamela Smith/ /Source
journal-article, 2021
power, influence, perception of others
July 09, 2019

Power and Cognitive Functioning (PDF)→

July 09, 2019/ Pamela Smith

Yin, Y., & Smith, P.K. (2020). Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 95-99.

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July 09, 2019/ Pamela Smith/ /Source
2020, journal-article, invited-paper
power, cognition, construal level, social distance
January 27, 2018

Poisoned Praise: Discounted Praise Backfires and Undermines Subordinate Impressions in the Minds of the Powerful (PDF)→

January 27, 2018/ ScienceSites

Kunstman, J.W., Fitzpatrick, C., & Smith, P.K. (2018). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 470-480.

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journal-article, 2018
social distance, power, perception of others
January 26, 2018

Does Power Reduce Temporal Discounting? Commentary on Joshi and Fast (2013) (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Zhang, M., & Smith, P.K. (2018). Psychological Science, 29, 1010-1019.

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journal-article, 2018
power, goals and motivation, cognition, social distance, construal level
January 26, 2018

Power in Everyday Life (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Hofmann, W. (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 10043-10048.

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2016, journal-article
affect, cognition, power, social distance, interpersonal relationships
January 26, 2018

Power and Categorization: Power Increases the Number and Abstractness of Categories (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Smallman, R., & Rucker, D.D. (2016). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 281-289.

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journal-article, 2016
power, construal level, cognition, social distance
January 25, 2018

The Interpersonal Nature of Power and Status (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Magee, J.C. (2015). Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 152-156.

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January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites/ /Source
invited-paper, 2015
status, social distance, power, perception of others, goals and motivation, interpersonal relationships
January 25, 2018

Using Abstract Language Signals Power (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Wakslak, C.J., Smith, P.K., & Han, A. (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 41-55.

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January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites/ /Source
2014, journal-article
construal level, power, perception of others, social distance
January 25, 2018

The Leaders’ Rosy Halo: Why Do We Give Power Holders the Benefit of the Doubt? (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Overbeck, J.R. (2014). In J.-W. van Prooijen & P.A.M. Lange (Eds.), Power, Politics, and Paranoia: Why People Are Suspicious About Their Leaders (pp. 53-72). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites/ /Source
book-chapter, 2014
power, legitimacy, perception of others
January 25, 2018

The Social Distance Theory of Power (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Magee, J.C., & Smith, P.K. (2013). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17, 158-186.

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2013, journal-article
interpersonal relationships, affect, cognition, construal level, goals and motivation, power, social distance
January 25, 2018

Moving Closer to Reach the Top: Approach Behavior Increases One’s Sense of Power (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., McCulloch, K.C., & Schouwstra, A. (2013). Social Cognition, 31, 518-529.

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journal-article, 2013
power, self-perception
January 25, 2018

Lowering the Pitch of Your Voice Makes You Feel More Powerful and Think More Abstractly (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Stel, M., van Dijk, E., Smith, P.K., van Dijk, W.W., & Djalal, F.M. (2012). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 497-502.

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2012, journal-article
power, self-perception
January 24, 2018

The Nonconscious Nature of Power: Cues and Consequences (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Galinsky, A.D. (2010). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 918–938.

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2010, journal-article
power, self-perception, consciousness, perception of others
January 24, 2018

Nonconscious Effects of Power on Basic Approach and Avoidance Tendencies (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Bargh, J.A. (2008). Social Cognition, 26, 1-24.

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2008, journal-article
consciousness, power
January 24, 2018

Powerful People Make Good Decisions Even When They Consciously Think (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Dijksterhuis, A., & Wigboldus, D.H.J. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 1258-1259.

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2008, journal-article
power, cognition, consciousness
January 24, 2018

Legitimacy Crisis? Behavioral Approach and Inhibition When Power Differences Are Left Unexplained (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Jost, J.T., & Vijay, R. (2008). Social Justice Research, 21, 358-376.

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2008, journal-article
power, legitimacy
January 24, 2018

Lacking Power Impairs Executive Functions (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Jostmann, N.B., Galinsky, A.D., & van Dijk, W. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 441–447.

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2008, journal-article
power, goals and motivation, cognition
January 24, 2018

Abstract Thinking Increases One’s Sense of Power (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Wigboldus, D.H.J., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2008). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 378-385.

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2008, journal-article
power, construal level, self-perception
January 23, 2018

You Focus on the Forest When You’re in Charge of the Trees: Power Priming and Abstract Information Processing (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Trope, Y. (2006). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 578-596.

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January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites/ /Source
journal-article, 2006
cognition, power, construal level
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Why gaining power makes us out of touch with the people we lead

- Fast Company
December 4, 2024

Psychologists Reveal Personality Trait That Leads to Power

- Newsweek
March 6, 2024

Want respect at work? Ditch the emojis

- U.S. News and World Report
March 15, 2022

Your workers are getting poached. McKinsey knows what you can do about it.

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November 19, 2021

RECENT ARTICLES

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Elevated Power Promotes Prosocial Behavior More than Elevated Status (PDF)

Hadar, B., Simchon, A., Gilead, M., & Smith, P. K. (in press). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Self-Control Signals and Affords Power (PDF)

Wu, S., Smallman, R., & Smith, P. K. (2024). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127, 1189-1214.

Medium Is a Powerful Message: Pictures Signal Less Power Than Words (PDF)

Amit, E., Danziger, S., & Smith, P. K. (2022). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 169, 104132.

Power Increases Perceptions of Others’ Choices, Leading People to Blame Others More (PDF)

Yin, Y., Savani, K., & Smith, P.K. (2022). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 170-177.

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