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

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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
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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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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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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2014, journal-article
construal level, power, perception of others, social distance
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
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In the News

Press
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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