Power is an inherent characteristic of social and organizational life, yet little is known about how power differences shape conflict resolution in organizational teams. In this paper, we investigate the effect of team power structures (including the power distance between members in a team as...

We conducted an experiment to show how the interplay between informational diversity and other dimensions of diversity can account for some of the inconsistent effects of informational diversity in previous research. 70 four-person groups involved in a decision-making task received homogeneous...

Although there are numerous potential benefits to diversity in work groups, converging dimensions of diversity often prevent groups from exploiting this potential. In a study of heterogeneous decision-making groups, we examined whether the disruptive effects of diversity faultlines can be...

Intergroup conflict presents a complicated situation, in which resolution success depends largely on representative negotiators' motivation to process large quantities of information. Four intergroup negotiation experiments demonstrate that such information processing motivation is shaped by the...

Followers sometimes perform better when their leader expresses anger and sometimes when the leader expresses happiness. We propose that this inconsistency can be solved by considering potential conflict between leader emotions and follower social-relational goals, operationalized in terms of...

In a computer-mediated negotiation experiment (N = 107), it is investigated how and why intragroup characteristics, such as a competitive or cooperative group norm and a negotiator's standing within the own constituent group, interplay with personality to influence the behavior of a group...

When does informational diversity enhance team functioning? Prior research has found both positive and negative effects of informational diversity. We conducted an experiment to show how the interplay between informational and demographic diversity can account for some of these inconsistencies....

The question of what makes people rise to power has long puzzled social scientists. Here we examined the novel hypothesis that power is afforded to individuals who exhibit prosocial norm violations - i.e., breaking rules for the benefit of others. Three experiments using different methods...