Christoph Reinert, Claudia Buengeler, Astrid C. Homan
{"title":"Bridging the Divide: How Relationship-Focused Leadership Shapes Creativity in Teams Experiencing Subgrouping","authors":"Christoph Reinert, Claudia Buengeler, Astrid C. Homan","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Team creativity is central to organizational success and relies on the open exchange and integration of diverse ideas, a process known as information elaboration. Yet, the differences members naturally bring to their team can sometimes impair effective team functioning and hinder creativity. Specifically, subgrouping can undermine information elaboration, thereby limiting team creativity. Team leaders have an important role in managing team functioning and are well-positioned to counteract subgrouping effects. Building on the functional leadership perspective, we argue that relationship-focused leadership better helps teams with higher subgrouping than task-focused leadership to strengthen team identification, thereby fostering information elaboration and enhancing team creativity. To test this prediction, we conducted an experimental laboratory study with <i>N</i> = 103 teams performing a creativity task in an immersive escape room, assessing in-game indicators of subgrouping (higher vs. lower) and manipulating leadership behavior (relationship-focused vs. task-focused). Results of hierarchical regression analyses support our predictions, showing that teams with higher subgrouping benefitted from relationship-focused (as compared to task-focused) leadership through increased identification and subsequent information elaboration, which in turn positively related to creativity. We discuss these findings and their implications for theorizing and for the practice of managing subgrouping and leading diverse teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"475-492"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148108883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It's Not What You Say, But How (Fast) You Say It: Interpersonal Power and Adaptability at Work","authors":"Phebe Driebergen, Marianne Schmid Mast","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adaptability is frequently discussed in terms of adjusting to changing environments or situations; however, the capacity to adapt one's social interaction behavior, known as behavioral adaptability (BA), in response to different partners may be equally critical for success in social, organizational, and leadership contexts. In two online experiments (aggregated <i>N</i> = 662), participants were randomly assigned to low-, equal-, or high-power conditions and interacted with targets who spoke either quickly or slowly. We measured speech tempo (articulation rate) convergence as a proxy for BA. Mixed-effects modeling revealed no main effect of power on BA. However, a significant interaction was found, indicating that low-power participants adapted more toward fast-speaking targets compared to those in equal or high-power positions. A post-hoc study showed that fast speech signals higher status and rank, potentially explaining the selective adaptability of individuals with low power. Our findings show the role of power dynamics, rank, and nonverbal cues in social interactions, advancing research on interpersonal communication behavior in hierarchical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"430-442"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148108357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underestimation of Others' Attitudes Toward AI: Implications for AI Adoption","authors":"Rongmian Huo, Shasha Yang, Cai Dong, Sijing Chen","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adopting a social norms perspective, this research examines how individuals' perceptions of others' attitudes toward AI shape their own willingness to adopt AI. Across an online survey (<i>N</i> = 309), three laboratory experiments (Study 2: <i>N</i> = 261; Study 3a: <i>N</i> = 247; Study 3b: <i>N</i> = 253), and a single-paper meta-analysis, individuals were found to consistently underestimate others' positive attitudes toward AI. This systematic underestimation, in turn, reduced their intentions to adopt AI, yielding medium-sized effects. Moreover, this relationship was partially mediated by outcome efficacy and perceived risk across multiple contexts. Theoretically, the findings highlight normative misperception as a key social mechanism in AI adoption. Empirically, they suggest that correcting biased social perceptions may promote AI acceptance via social-norm-based interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"443-456"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148117814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eliana Kasichon Buonaiuto, Emma F. Thomas, Mariette Berndsen
{"title":"When Will People Engage in Perspective-Taking? The Role of Stereotyped Perceptions and Dissimilarity Threat","authors":"Eliana Kasichon Buonaiuto, Emma F. Thomas, Mariette Berndsen","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Perspective-taking is a popular method for reducing prejudice in research and practice, but it can elicit reactance and exacerbate hostility. Why do we observe such varied responses when people are invited to engage in perspective-taking for marginalised outgroups? We suggest that people do not enter experimental settings as blank slates, and the literature has little considered how existing (a priori) perceptions of specific social groups may impact motivation to engage in perspective-taking. Two cross-sectional studies examine how perceptions of the target group and threat relate to willingness and ability to engage in perspective-taking. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 213), we found that group perceptions (i.e., warmth, competence, and morality), and threat (dissimilarity, realistic, and symbolic threats) were the primary predictors of willingness and ability to engage in perspective-taking. Study 2 (<i>N</i> = 886) used multigroup structural equation modelling to demonstrate that perceptions of warmth, competence, and morality were associated with lower levels of dissimilarity, symbolic, and realistic threat. In turn, heightened dissimilarity threat was negatively associated with willingness and ability to perspective-take, whereas increased symbolic threat was positively associated with ability to perspective-take. Findings suggest that the way people perceive groups, and the related feelings of threat, are associated with (dis)engagement in perspective-taking. The results highlight key considerations for the application of this popular prejudice-reduction strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"409-429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148117815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring Experienced and Anticipated Regret Regulation: Development and Validation of the Regret Regulation Scale (RRS)","authors":"Béatrice Degraeve, Marianne Habib","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Regret is a highly aversive emotion that people attempt to regulate both before and after making decisions. The present research introduces the Regret Regulation Scale (RRS), a self-report instrument assessing the dispositional tendency to prevent anticipated regret and to manage experienced regret. Across three studies, the scale's development, reliability, and validity were examined. Exploratory factor analyses identified a six-factor structure for the Regret Anticipation and Prevention subscale and a five-factor structure for the Experienced Regret Regulation subscale, together explaining a substantial portion of variance. Confirmatory factor analyses in an independent sample supported these structures, yielding satisfactory fit indices. The RRS demonstrated good internal consistency, temporal stability over 4 weeks, and appropriate convergent and discriminant validity through correlations with measures of regret, maximization, life satisfaction, cognitive emotion regulation, counterfactual thinking, and affective well-being (depression and trait anxiety). Findings indicate that the RRS is a reliable and valid multidimensional tool to assess strategies individuals use to regulate anticipated and experienced regret. It contributes to a deeper understanding of regret's role in decision-making and emotional well-being and has potential applications for research and clinical practice aimed at enhancing adaptive regulation strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 6","pages":"457-474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148131769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Francesca Prati, Burak Cayir, Jasper Van Assche, Monica Rubini
{"title":"The Heaviness of Advantaged Members' Judgment: The Role of Meta-Dehumanization and Relative Deprivation on Ethnic Minority Members' Collective Action","authors":"Francesca Prati, Burak Cayir, Jasper Van Assche, Monica Rubini","doi":"10.1111/jasp.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jasp.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research investigates the roles of meta-dehumanization (i.e., the belief that an outgroup holds dehumanizing views toward one's ingroup) and relative deprivation in the association between intergroup contact quality and collective action aimed at reducing inequalities. To these aims, the perspectives of Iraqi immigrants in Turkey (Study 1), African immigrants in Italy (Study 2) and North-African second-generation young adults in Belgium (Study 3) were assessed. Results showed a positive association between negative intergroup contact and collective action, both in terms of intentions and actual experiences, except for Study 3 involving second-generation students who could experience relatively lower personal discontent. However, an indirect effect of meta-dehumanization in the relationship between negative intergroup contact and collective action was consistently found across the studies. Moreover, ethnic minority members' perceived relative deprivation enhanced these associations. However, the moderation of relative deprivation in the association between positive intergroup contact and a specific form of engagement in social change, such as intergroup ex-changes about social inequalities showed inconsistent findings. Overall, the research contributed to a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms and interplay between intergroup contact quality and predictors of collective action in more and less inclusive contexts. Results suggested that focusing on the perceived valence and, even more, the specific content of intergroup interactions may help to disentangle its role in improving social equality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48404,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Social Psychology","volume":"56 4","pages":"310-326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jasp.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}