We expect our bosses to see through flattery. But what happens when they don’t? In a new paper in JPSP, we (Övül Sezer, #NadavKlein) find that rewarding flattery makes leaders seem like they have naively “fallen for flattery,” harming their reputation and their organization. 🧵

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Excited to share new work with Ike Silver and Alex Shaw accepted at JEP:Applied (postprint: psyarxiv.com/r9kag) Being loyal has long been considered moral, but... 1/7🧵

Victims of criminal activity support less severe punishments over time, studies suggest, but judges, case review boards, and other third parties show the opposite response, said behavioral scientist Tim Kundro. #CriminalJustice #Incarceration psychologicalscience.org/observer/unfai…

Our Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and associated Society for Personality and Social Psychology blog post are out! (with Giselle Antoine, Kurt Gray, and Will Maddux) (1/6)

The double-edged sword of loyalty in the wild! Thanks Financial Times and Anjli Raval for this great write up of our 2021 paper on how loyalty, an important moral value with many benefits for organizations, can lead to unethical behavior.

Our work in The Wall Street Journal on why people struggle to unplug from work is out! We (Tim Kundro Casher Belinda Mike Christian) argue that pressure to be “always on” leaves those who detach feeling ashamed - not replenished - and offer a few ideas to try to fix this. wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

🚨 my first, first-authored paper! I'm so proud of this paper that has taught me how to be a better helper/networker. TLDR: When seeking for help, ask "Can you *or someone you know* help me" to mitigate referral aversion! Shout-out to 🏆collaborators! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨THRILLED to share new preprint for a project I have been working on for 4+ years. In this work we do a deep-dive into the internet's most fascinating repository of everyday morality: Reddit's Am I the Asshole? (AITA). 🧵 osf.io/preprints/psya…

NEW Organization Science with Constantinos Coutifaris, Paul Green, Jr., and Sigal Barsade For leader emotions, timing is everything We find that WHEN a leader expresses an emotion may be as important as which emotions they express for team member social worth and performance

Our piece in Harvard Business Review based on our work published in Org Science is out today! pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.128…

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 In my new paper out now in JPSP (w/brian lucas & Jon M Jachimowicz), we show across 10 studies (including w/nurses, teachers, & PhD students) that people considering giving up a passion pursuit overestimate how harshly others will judge them 🧵 doi.org/10.1037/pspa00…

Our work in Harvard Business Review (with Leslie Perlow & Sari Mentser) on how to make time for joyful moments — even when life is really busy — is officially out!

🚨👩‍⚖️New paper out in #JPSP APA Journals! 13 studies (archival+lab) unpack why observers (and transgressors) prefer experiential, "creative" sentences (e.g., vandal cleans graffiti) over traditional ones (e.g. go to jail). Led by Tim Kundro, w/ Salvatore Affinito & yours truly! 1/12 🧵