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PSI members Siyu Yu, Gavin Kilduff, and Tessa West invite colleagues to use their Status Acuity Test for research or teaching. The test assesses individuals’ ability to accurately perceive informal status differences and dynamics within groups, a construct the authors developed and validated in Yu, Kilduff, & West (2023, Journal of Applied Psychology). Their work shows that status acuity is distinct from emotional intelligence and is an important determinant of both individual and team performance in organizations.
You can try the test itself; if you would like to use the full Qualtrics (.qsf) version for research or classroom purposes, please contact first author This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. directly. The team is happy to share the tool for academic or educational use; you will need to confirm that it will not be used for any commercial purposes (this is due to IRB/ethics review constraints).
The authors hope this resource will help others explore questions related to status perception, leadership, and team dynamics, and they'd be delighted to see it incorporated into ongoing work or teaching materials.
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THE POWER OF US explores the dynamics of shared, social identities. What causes people to develop social identities? What happens to people when they define themselves in terms of group memberships? Under what conditions does the human proclivity to divide the world into “us” and “them” produce toxic conflict and devastating discrimination? And how can shared identities instead be harnessed to improve performance, increase cooperation, and promote social harmony?
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In her new book You Have More Influence Than You Think social psychologist Vanessa Bohns draws from her original research to illustrate why we fail to recognize the influence we have, and how that lack of awareness can lead us to miss opportunities or accidentally misuse our power. Whether attending a meeting, sharing a post online, or mustering the nerve to ask for a favor, we often assume our actions, input, and requests will be overlooked or rejected. Yet Bohns and her work demonstrate that people see us, listen to us, and agree to do things for us much more than we realize — for better, and worse. You Have More Influence Than You Think offers science-based strategies for observing the effect we have on others, reconsidering our fear of rejection, and even, sometimes, pulling back to use our influence less. It is a call to stop searching for ways to gain influence you don’t have and to start recognizing the influence you don’t realize you already have.