Benjamin A Rogers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4231531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin A Rogers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rogers |
| SIGNATURE | ROGERS B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9565-5998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Too naïve to lead
Flattery is one of the oldest and most commonly used impression-management tactics in everyday life. Though it often brings benefits to the flatterer, less is known about how it affects the target. In the present research, we explore when and why being flattered can be costly for leaders-common targets of flattery-depending on how they respond to it. We suggest that leaders who are observed rewarding flatterers risk appearing naïve to others. Acr…
Seeing your life story as a Hero’s Journey increases meaning in life
). Eight studies reveal that the Hero's Journey predicts and can causally increase people's experience of meaning in life. We first distill the Hero's Journey into seven key elements-protagonist, shift, quest, allies, challenge, transformation, legacy-and then develop a new measure that assesses the perceived presence of the Hero's Journey narrative in people's life stories: the Hero's Journey Scale. Using this scale, we find a positive relations…
Seeing your life story as a Hero’s Journey increases meaning in life
). Eight studies reveal that the Hero's Journey predicts and can causally increase people's experience of meaning in life. We first distill the Hero's Journey into seven key elements-protagonist, shift, quest, allies, challenge, transformation, legacy-and then develop a new measure that assesses the perceived presence of the Hero's Journey narrative in people's life stories: the Hero's Journey Scale. Using this scale, we find a positive relations…
Too naïve to lead
Flattery is one of the oldest and most commonly used impression-management tactics in everyday life. Though it often brings benefits to the flatterer, less is known about how it affects the target. In the present research, we explore when and why being flattered can be costly for leaders-common targets of flattery-depending on how they respond to it. We suggest that leaders who are observed rewarding flatterers risk appearing naïve to others. Acr…
Seeing your life story as a Hero’s Journey increases meaning in life
). Eight studies reveal that the Hero's Journey predicts and can causally increase people's experience of meaning in life. We first distill the Hero's Journey into seven key elements-protagonist, shift, quest, allies, challenge, transformation, legacy-and then develop a new measure that assesses the perceived presence of the Hero's Journey narrative in people's life stories: the Hero's Journey Scale. Using this scale, we find a positive relations…
Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (1 work) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (1 work) · Flattery (1 work) · HERO (1 work) · Impression management (1 work) · Law (1 work)