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Overview

Adam D. Galinsky is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, focusing predominantly on psychology and sociology with significant contributions to social psychology and organizational behavior.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these fields, key subfields are:

  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Galinsky's work centers around important research topics such as:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior

The scientist has authored several recent papers including:

  • "Multicultural Experiences: A Systematic Review and New Theoretical Framework" (2020), published in Academy of Management Annals
  • "How personality and policy predict pandemic behavior: Understanding sheltering-in-place in 54 countries at the onset of COVID-19." (2020), published in American Psychologist
  • "How Does Collectivism Affect Social Interactions? A Test of Two Competing Accounts" (2020), published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • "Global Leaders for Global Teams: Leaders with Multicultural Experiences Communicate and Lead More Effectively, Especially in Multinational Teams" (2021), published in Organization Science
  • "Financial shame spirals: How shame intensifies financial hardship" (2021), published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Jon Jachimowicz
  • Derek D. Rucker
  • Julian Pfrombeck
  • Chloe Levin
  • Eric M. Anicich

Galinsky's studies are often published in the following venues:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Best Publications

  • 8 Social Hierarchy: The Self‐Reinforcing Nature of Power and Status

    Joe C. Magee;Adam D. Galinsky

  • From Power to Action.

    Adam D. Galinsky;Deborah H. Gruenfeld;Joe C. Magee

  • Perspective-taking: decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism.

    Adam D. Galinsky;Gordon B. Moskowitz

  • Power and Perspectives Not Taken

    Adam D. Galinsky;Joe C. Magee;M. Ena Inesi;Deborah H Gruenfeld

  • Power, optimism, and risk‐taking

    Cameron Anderson;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception

    Jennifer A. Whitson;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Multicultural experience enhances creativity: the when and how.

    Angela Ka-yee Leung;William W. Maddux;Adam D. Galinsky;Chi-yue Chiu

  • Desire to Acquire: Powerlessness and Compensatory Consumption

    Derek D. Rucker;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and Dissonance

    Adam D. Galinsky;Joe C. Magee;Deborah H Gruenfeld;Jennifer A. Whitson

  • First offers as anchors: The role of perspective-taking and negotiator focus.

    Adam D. Galinsky;Thomas Mussweiler

  • Perspective-Taking and Self-Other Overlap: Fostering Social Bonds and Facilitating Social Coordination

    Adam D. Galinsky;Gillian Ku;Cynthia Shih-Chia Wang

  • Battle of the sexes: Gender stereotype confirmation and reactance in negotiations.

    Laura J. Kray;Leigh Thompson;Adam Galinsky

  • Power and the objectification of social targets.

    Deborah H. Gruenfeld;M. Ena Inesi;Joe C. Magee;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Why It Pays to Get Inside the Head of Your Opponent The Differential Effects of Perspective Taking and Empathy in Negotiations

    Adam D. Galinsky;William W. Maddux;Debra Gilin;Judith B. White

  • Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting

    Lisa D. Ordóñez;Maurice E. Schweitzer;Adam D. Galinsky;Max H. Bazerman

  • Cultural borders and mental barriers: the relationship between living abroad and creativity.

    William W. Maddux;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Compensatory Control Achieving Order Through the Mind, Our Institutions, and the Heavens

    Aaron C. Kay;Jennifer A. Whitson;Danielle Gaucher;Adam D. Galinsky

  • The Local-Ladder Effect Social Status and Subjective Well-Being

    Cameron Anderson;Michael W. Kraus;Adam D. Galinsky;Dacher Keltner

  • Perspective taking combats automatic expressions of racial bias.

    Andrew R. Todd;Galen V. Bodenhausen;Jennifer A. Richeson;Adam D. Galinsky

  • Power and consumer behavior: How power shapes who and what consumers value

    Derek D. Rucker;Adam D. Galinsky;David Dubois

  • Chapter 8: Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and Status

    Joe C. Magee;Adam D. Galinsky;Robert F. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek D. Rucker
Derek D. Rucker Northwestern University
Laura J. Kray
Laura J. Kray University of California, Berkeley
Joris Lammers
Joris Lammers University of Cologne
Francesca Gino
Francesca Gino Harvard University
Maurice E. Schweitzer
Maurice E. Schweitzer University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Mussweiler
Thomas Mussweiler London Business School
Leigh Thompson
Leigh Thompson Northwestern University
Gordon B. Moskowitz
Gordon B. Moskowitz Lehigh University
Galen V. Bodenhausen
Galen V. Bodenhausen Northwestern University
Aaron C. Kay
Aaron C. Kay Duke University

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