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Punishing Hubris: The Perils of Overestimating One's Status in a Group
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Individuals engage in status self-enhancement when they form an overly positive perception of their status in a group. We argue that status self-enhancement incurs social costs and, therefore, most individuals perceive their status accurately. In contrast, theories of positive illusions suggest status self-enhancement is beneficial for the individual and that most individuals overestimate their status. We found supportive evidence for our hypotheses in a social relations analysis of laboratory groups, an experiment that manipulated status self-enhancement, and a study of real-world groups. Individuals who engaged in status self-enhancement were liked less by others and paid less for their work. Moreover, individuals tended to perceive their status highly accurately. Mediation analyses showed that status self-enhancers were socially punished because they were seen as disruptive to group processes.
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- Anderson, C., Ames, D. R., & Gosling, S. D.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 90-101
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2145551141
- Cited by
- 226
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 23.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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