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The Hierarchical Face: Higher Rankings Lead to Less Cooperative Looks

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Applied Psychology, January 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (69th percentile)

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Title
The Hierarchical Face: Higher Rankings Lead to Less Cooperative Looks
Published in
Journal of Applied Psychology, January 2012
DOI 10.1037/a0026308
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Authors

Patricia Chen, Christopher G. Myers, Shirli Kopelman, Stephen M. Garcia

Abstract

In 3 studies, we tested the hypothesis that the higher ranked an individual's group is, the less cooperative the facial expression of that person is judged to be. Study 1 established this effect among business school deans, with observers rating individuals from higher ranked schools as appearing less cooperative, despite lacking prior knowledge of the latters' actual rankings. Study 2 then experimentally manipulated ranking, showing that the effect of rankings on facial expressions is driven by context rather than by individual differences per se. Finally, Study 3 demonstrated that the repercussions of this effect extend beyond the perception of cooperativeness to tangible behavioral outcomes in social interactions. Theoretical and practical implications of this phenomenon are discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 5%
United Kingdom 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
New Zealand 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Russia 1 1%
Mexico 1 1%
Unknown 72 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 33%
Researcher 10 12%
Student > Master 10 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 7%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 10 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 36 43%
Business, Management and Accounting 22 27%
Social Sciences 10 12%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 2%
Arts and Humanities 1 1%
Other 1 1%
Unknown 11 13%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2016.
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#2,655,934
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Applied Psychology
#765
of 3,366 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#19,266
of 250,099 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Applied Psychology
#16
of 55 outputs
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