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Overview

Cameron Anderson is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a particular focus on Social and Intergroup Psychology and Cultural Differences and Values. Their work also touches on topics such as Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Ethics in Business and Education, Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion, Social and Cultural Dynamics, and Social Power and Status Dynamics.

Anderson has contributed to several publications in notable academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Their recent papers demonstrate diverse research interests and collaborative efforts:

  • People with disagreeable personalities (selfish, combative, and manipulative) do not have an advantage in pursuing power at work, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Possession of High Status Strengthens the Status Motive, 2020, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Social class background, disjoint agency, and hiring decisions, 2021, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Be careful what you wish for: Individuals perceived to desire status are afforded less status, 2024, PLoS ONE
  • Status and subjective well-being: A conceptual replication and extension of Anderson et al. (2012), 2024, PLoS ONE

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Anderson include:

  • Daron L. Sharps
  • John Angus D. Hildreth
  • Christopher J. Soto
  • Oliver P. John
  • Andrew L. Choi

Their research subfields cover Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Information Systems and Management. This multidisciplinary approach reflects in their broad exploration of social dynamics, personality traits, status, and organizational behavior.

Best Publications

  • Power, approach, and inhibition.

    Dacher Keltner;Deborah H. Gruenfeld;Cameron Anderson

  • The NPI-16 as a short measure of narcissism

    Daniel R. Ames;Paul Rose;Cameron P. Anderson

  • Power, optimism, and risk‐taking

    Cameron Anderson;Adam D. Galinsky

  • The experience of power: Examining the effects of power on approach and inhibition tendencies.

    Cameron Anderson;Jennifer L. Berdahl

  • Is the Desire for Status a Fundamental Human Motive? A Review of the Empirical Literature

    Cameron Anderson;John Angus D. Hildreth;Laura Howland

  • Who attains social status? Effects of personality and physical attractiveness in social groups.

    Cameron Anderson;Oliver P. John;Dacher Keltner;Ann M. Kring

  • The personal sense of power.

    Cameron Anderson;Oliver P. John;Dacher Keltner

  • Emotional convergence between people over time.

    Cameron Anderson;Dacher Keltner;Oliver P. John

  • Why do dominant personalities attain influence in face-to-face groups? The competence-signaling effects of trait dominance.

    Cameron Anderson;Gavin J. Kilduff

  • Knowing your place: self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups.

    Cameron Anderson;Sanjay Srivastava;Jennifer S. Beer;Sandra E. Spataro

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

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

  • The functions and dysfunctions of hierarchy

    Cameron Anderson;Courtney E. Brown

  • The Pursuit of Status in Social Groups

    Cameron Anderson;Gavin J. Kilduff

  • A status-enhancement account of overconfidence

    Cameron Anderson;Sebastien Brion;Don A. Moore;Jessica A. Kennedy

  • Compassion, pride, and social intuitions of self-other similarity.

    Christopher Oveis;E. J. Horberg;Dacher Keltner

  • The positive and negative effects of anger on dispute resolution: evidence from electronically mediated disputes.

    Ray Friedman;Cameron Anderson;Jeanne Brett;Mara Olekalns

  • Personality and organizational culture as determinants of influence.

    Cameron Anderson;Sandra E. Spataro;Francis J. Flynn

  • Affect from the top down: How powerful individuals' positive affect shapes negotiations

    Cameron Anderson;Leigh L. Thompson

  • Punishing Hubris: The Perils of Overestimating One's Status in a Group

    Cameron Anderson;Daniel R. Ames;Samuel D. Gosling

  • The role of physical formidability in human social status allocation

    Aaron W. Lukaszewski;Zachary L. Simmons;Cameron Anderson;James R. Roney

  • The Positive and Negative Effects of Anger on Dispute Resolution: Evidence from Electronically Mediated Disputes

    Ray Friedman;Jeanne M. Brett;Cameron Anderson;Mara Olekalns

Frequent Co-Authors

Dacher Keltner
Dacher Keltner University of California, Berkeley
Don A. Moore
Don A. Moore University of California, Berkeley
Michael W. Kraus
Michael W. Kraus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Oliver P. John
Oliver P. John University of California, Berkeley
Robb Willer
Robb Willer Stanford University
Jeanne M. Brett
Jeanne M. Brett Northwestern University
Adam D. Galinsky
Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University
Daniel R. Ames
Daniel R. Ames Columbia University
James R. Roney
James R. Roney University of California, Santa Barbara
Leigh Thompson
Leigh Thompson Northwestern University

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