What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- World War II
- Social science
His scientific interests lie mostly in Social psychology, Social dilemma, Evolutionary psychology, Developmental psychology and Social value orientations.
His Social psychology research integrates issues from Public good and Social perception.
Mark van Vugt usually deals with Social dilemma and limits it to topics linked to Social psychology and Identity, Psychological intervention and Outcome.
The Evolutionary psychology study combines topics in areas such as Followership and Methodological individualism.
His research integrates issues of Endorphins, Feeling, Threshold of pain and Affect in his study of Developmental psychology.
His study in Social value orientations is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Public transport, Prosocial behavior and Dilemma.
His most cited work include:
- Nice Guys Finish First: The Competitive Altruism Hypothesis (503 citations)
- Leadership, followership, and evolution: Some lessons from the past. (488 citations)
- Gender Differences in Cooperation and Competition The Male-Warrior Hypothesis (376 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Evolutionary psychology, Social dilemma, Perspective and Followership.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Developmental psychology and Public good.
His Evolutionary psychology study incorporates themes from Cognitive psychology and Cognitive science.
As a part of the same scientific study, Mark van Vugt usually deals with the Social dilemma, concentrating on Social value orientations and frequently concerns with Public transport and Prosocial behavior.
Mark van Vugt has researched Followership in several fields, including Epistemology and Transactional leadership, Leadership style, Leadership.
In his research on the topic of Transactional leadership, Shared leadership is strongly related with Transformational leadership.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (73.08%)
- Evolutionary psychology (20.67%)
- Social dilemma (14.90%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Social psychology (73.08%)
- Perspective (14.90%)
- Evolutionary psychology (20.67%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Social psychology, Perspective, Evolutionary psychology, Epistemology and Mismatch theory.
His research ties Social status and Social psychology together.
His work investigates the relationship between Social status and topics such as High status that intersect with problems in Aggression and Dominance.
His Evolutionary psychology study which covers Environmental psychology that intersects with Cognitive science and Imitation.
His Epistemology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Distributed leadership and Collective action.
His study looks at the relationship between Followership and topics such as Peacekeeping, which overlap with Leadership style.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Psychological Science: (72 citations)
- The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Psychological Science: (72 citations)
- COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. (43 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- World War II
- Social science
Mark van Vugt mainly investigates Social psychology, Perspective, Evolutionary psychology, Leadership style and Dominance.
He has included themes like Social status and Priming in his Social psychology study.
His Social status study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Perception, Social perception, Association, Aggression and High status.
His Evolutionary psychology research includes elements of Psychological science and Behavioural sciences.
The concepts of his Leadership style study are interwoven with issues in Followership, Social capital and Peacekeeping.
His Dominance research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Epistemology, Modern evolutionary synthesis, Popularity and Authoritarianism.
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