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

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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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January 25, 2018

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

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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

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 22, 2018

Demarginalizing the Sexual Self (PDF)→

January 22, 2018/ ScienceSites

McKenna, K.Y.A., Green, A.S., & Smith, P.K. (2001). Journal of Sex Research, 38, 302-311

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2001, journal-article
self-perception
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In the News

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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.

- Business Insider
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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