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People in Power Feel Taller
Scientific American: It’s known that taller people tend to have more jobs with more authority—and higher salaries. But there’s a flip side—the more powerful a person is, the taller he or she feels. The researchers
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Power makes people feel taller
The Telegraph: The US investigation into whether a physical experience accompanies being powerful was sparked after BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg outraged the victims of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by referring
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La ‘folie des grandeurs’? Les dirigeants se voient plus grands qu’ils ne le sont en réalité…
Express Belgium: Les recherches montrent que les personnes de grande taille sont plus susceptibles d’avoir du pouvoir et gagnent plus d’argent en moyenne, mais que peut-on dire des personnes de petite taille ? C’est ce que
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Powerful People Feel Taller Than They Are
After the huge 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the chairman of BP referred to the victims of the spill as the “small people.” He explained it as awkward word choice by a
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Week in Ideas
The Wall Street Journal: Psychology Big Shots The figurative big man on campus may think he’s a literal big man, too. To study the effects of power on perception, researchers measured the height of 100
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Why natural leaders are too self-obsessed to be good bosses
Daily Mail: Their swaggering arrogance and natural authority can make it seem like they were born to lead. But, though dominant individuals frequently make it to the top of the career ladder, their self-obsession often