Extant research has demonstrated that underdog expectations - individuals’ perceptions that others view them as unlikely to succeed - can have positive implications for motivating performance. In this paper, we draw on self-determination theory to examine how and when underdog expectations can...

Purpose – Even though leaders often are seen as responsible guides, they sometimes behave in a self-serving way, for example, by spending the company's budget on their own, frivolous needs. In this study, the authors explore an aspect of such behavior: the authors examine how an organizational...