Overconfidence and the Attainment of Status in Groups

摘要: Individuals who occupy positions of high status and authority tend to engage in overconfidence more than others. While prior work suggests that this excessive is partly a product their elevated status, the current research tested whether can also lead status: Are individuals with overly positive self-perceptions ability likely attain first place? Three studies task-focused dyads groups involving laboratory field settings found support for hypothesis. Further, relation between was consistently mediated by peer-perceived competence: overconfident attained because others inaccurately perceived them as competent. An experimental manipulation established causal priority overconfidence, longitudinal study effects endured over time. This contributes our understanding distribution systems organizations, consequences psychology status.