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Adam Galinsky

Adam Galinsky

Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management

Management and Organizations

Harvard University, B.A., Psychology, 1991
Princeton University, M.A., Social Psychology, 1995
Princeton University, PhD., Social Psychology, 1999

 
Academic Positions Held
 

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2007-present.
Associate Professor (without tenure) of Management and Organizations, 2004-2007.
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, 2002-2004.
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Dispute Resolution Research Center, 1998-2000

David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
Assistant Professor of Management, 2000-2002.

   
Media Mentions (to download an article, click on its title)
 

Quick Succession. March 13, 2008. Forbes.com

The Biggest Business Blunders Ever. March 10, 2008. Forbes.com

Clinton's emotional response has brought maelstrom of opinion, January 8, 2008, Chicago Daily Herald

A professor explains how to negotiate. December, 2007, FiLife.

Mike Carona's risky business. December, 2007. MSNBC.

Not-So-Small Talk: A successful deal may hinge on the ability to create trust — or uncover deception. December, 2007, CFO Magazine. With power comes a selfish point of view. November 26, 2007, Washington Post

The sincerest form of flattery. September, 2007. Economist.com

Ethics drives business excellence. September, 2007, Sun Boardroom Minutes.

Monkey see, monkey do: Mimicking person across the table a winning ploy, August 10, 2007. Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada).

Workplace Ethics, May 16, 2007. Forum with Michael Krasny, National Public Radio

View from the Top. May/June, 2007. Foreign Policy.

The Arrogance of Power. March 12, 2007. U.S. News & World Report. Magazine article

Power Corrupts? Absolutely. January 29, 2007. U.S. News & World Report. Website article

Boss Doesn’t Listen Because He’s the Boss. January 17, 2007. ABC News.com

Your Boss Really is Clueless. January 16, 2007, LiveScience

Low Starting Prices Lead to High Auction Sales. December 10, 2006. New York Times Magazine, Year in Ideas issue.

Power is not only an aphrodisiac, it does weird things to some of us. November 19, 2006. San Francisco Chronicle.

Do you manage by the numbers? Be careful if you do: Your data may be playing tricks on you. November, 2006. Inc. Magazine.

Is Creativity a Foreign Concept? Fall 2006, Vol. 48, No. 1. Sloan Management Review.

Powerful People More Inclined To Take Risks, Study Shows. September 25, 2006, The Daily Californian

Maximizing profits as an eBay seller, August, 30, 2006, First Business Morning News, syndicated finance show on 200 affiliates

EBay Sellers Go Back to School: 10 Tips, September 7, 2006, Business Week Online. An overivew of academic research on eBay.

Professor's eBay advice: Starting price is the key, August 14, 2006, Chicago Tribune. Why starting low in auctions can lead to higher final prices,

Managerial Mistakes: A top 10 list, August 20, 2004, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada). Commenting on the role of first offers in negotiations

   
Awards and Fellowships
 

Best Paper--New Directions Award (Maddux, Mullen, & Galinsky), Academy of Management Meetings, Conflict Management Division, Philadelphia, August 2007.

Best Paper Proceedings (Sivanathan, Molden, Galinsky, & Ku), Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division, Philadelphia, August 2007.

Chair’s Core Course Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management,
2005-2006

Best Paper Proceedings (Zhong, Phillips, Leonardelli, & Galinsky), Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division, New Orleans, August 2004

Best Paper Award (Diekmann, Tenbrunsel, & Galinsky), Academy of Management Meetings, Conflict Management Division, Denver, August 2002.

Best Empirical Paper Award (Kray, Galinsky, & Thompson), International Association of Conflict Management Meetings, Paris, France June 2001.

Award for Most Outstanding Dissertation, International Association of Conflict Management, 1999-2000.

Award for Most Outstanding Dissertation in Social Psychology, Finalist (1 of 3), Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1999.

Best Paper with Graduate Student as Lead Author (Seiden, Galinsky, Kim, & Medvec), International Association of Conflict Management Meeting, San Sebastian, Spain, June 1999.

American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award, 1997-1998.

Princeton Society of Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-1998.

Princeton Psychology Department Award in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, 1996-97

National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellowship, 1994-1997.

   
Research Areas
  Power and status; Negotiation and auction behavior; Intergroup conflict, stereotyping, and stigma; Counterfactual thinking and decision making; Social cognition.
   
Expert Testimony
 

The durability of defamation, the stickiness of slander, and the lingering of libel.

Was the sole expert witness for plaintiff (Zamora/Lafise vs. Monteallegre) in a defamation case (Nicaraguan banker was libeled in financial publications and newspapers by another banker who was trying to gain leverage in a contract dispute) – Jury rendered the largest defamation award in the history of Florida courts: $37.2 million and was ranked #44 of Top 100 Verdicts in the U.S. for 2006 by Verdict Search

   
Grants
 

National Science Foundation
The role of counterfactual mind-sets in debiasing group decisions. (Collaborative project with Laura Kray). June, 2002-May, 2004.
Facilitation Award, 1995.

Carnegie Bosch Institute (Carnegie Mellon University)
Social Structures and Social Cognition: How National and Organizational Culture Influences Behavior, November 2000 (With Don Moore).

   
Representative Publications (to download an article, click on its title)
 

Articles
Galinsky, A. D., Magee, J. C., Gruenfeld, D. H, Whitson, J., & Liljenquist, K. A. (in press). Social power reduces the strength of the situation: Implications for creativity, conformity, and dissonance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Galinsky, A. D., Wang. C. S., & Ku, G. (in press). Perspective-takers behave more stereotypically. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Gruenfeld, D. H, Inesi, M. E., Magee, J. C., & Galinsky, A. D. (in press). Power and the objectification of social targets. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Lammers, J., Galinsky, A. D., Gordijn, E. H., & Otten, S. (in press). Legitimacy moderates the effect of power on approach. Psychological Science

Rucker, D. D., & Galinsky, A. D. (in press). Desire to acquire: Powerlessness and compensatory consumption. Journal of Consumer Research

Sivanathan, N., Molden, D. C., Galinsky, A., & Ku, G. (in press). The promise and peril of self-affirmation in de-escalation of commitment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Smith, P. K., Jostmann, N. B., Galinsky A. D. van Dijk, W. W. (in press). Lacking power impairs executive functions. Psychological Science.

Zhong, C., Dijksterhuis, A., & Galinsky, A. D. (in press). The elusive merits of unconscious thought in creativity. Psychological Science

Zhong, C., Phillips, K. W., Leonardelli, G. J., & Galinsky A. D. (in press). Negational categorization and intergroup behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Galinsky, A. D., Maddux, W. W., Gilin, D., & White, J. B. (2008). Why it pays to get inside the head of your opponent: The differential effects of perspective-taking and empathy in strategic interactions. Psychological Science, 19, 378-384

Kray, L. J., Paddock, L., & Galinsky, A. D, (2008). The effect of past performance on expected control and risk attitudes in integrative negotiations. Negotiations and Conflict Management Research, 1, 161-178.

Leung, K., Y, Maddux, W. M., Galinsky, A. D., & Chiu, C. Y. 2008). Multicultural experience enhances creativity: The when and how. American Psychologist, 63, 169-181.

Maddux, W. W., Galinsky, A. D., Cuddy, A. J. C., & Polifroni, M. (2008). When being a model minority is good…and bad: Realistic threat explains negativity toward Asian Americans. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 74-89

Maddux, W. W., Mullen, E. & Galinsky, A. D. 2008). Chameleons bake bigger pies and take bigger pieces: Strategic behavioral mimicry facilitates negotiation outcomes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 461-468.

Bledsoe, C. H., Sherin, B., Galinsky, A. D., Headley, N. M., Heimer, C. A., Kjeldgaard, E., Lindgren, J., Miller, J. D., Roloff, M. E., & Uttal, D. H. (2007). Regulating creativity: research and survival in the IRB iron cage. Northwestern Law Review, 101, 593-641.

Galinsky, A. D., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2007). Further ironies of suppression: Stereotype and counterstereotype accessibility following suppression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 833-841.

Magee, J. C., Galinsky, A. D., & Gruenfeld, D. H. (2007). Power, propensity to negotiate, and moving first in competitive interactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 200-212.

Markman, K. D., Lindberg, M. J., Kray, L. J., Galinsky, A. D. (2007). Implications of counterfactual structure for creative generation and analytical problem solving. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 33, 312-324

Galinsky, A. D., Magee, J. C., Inesi, M. E., & Gruenfeld, D. H. (2006). Power and perspectives not taken. Psychological Science, 17, 1068-1074.

Anderson, C., & Galinsky, A. D. (2006). Power, optimism, and risk-taking. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 511-536. (Special Issue on Social Power).

Kray, L. J., Galinsky, A. D., & Wong, E. (2006). Thinking within the box. The relational processing style elicited by counterfactual mind-sets. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 33-48

Ku, G., Galinsky, A. D., & Murnighan, J. K. (2006). Starting low but ending high: A reversal of the anchoring effect in auctions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90,975-986.

Galinsky, A.D., Leonardelli, G. J., Okhuysen, G.A., & Mussweiler, T. (2005) Regulatory focus at the bargaining table: Promoting distributive and integrative success. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1087-1098.

Galinsky, A. D., Ku, G. & Wang, C. S. Wang. (2005). Perspective-taking: Fostering social bonds and facilitating social coordination. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 109-125.

Liljenquist, K. A., Galinsky, A. D., & Kray, L. J. (2004). Exploring the rabbit hole of possibilities by myself or with my group: The benefits and liabilities of activating counterfactual mind-sets for information sharing and group coordination. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 17, 263-279.

Galinsky, A. D., & Kray, L. J. (2004). From thinking about what might have been to sharing what we know: The effects of counterfactual mind-sets on information sharing in groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 606-618.

White, J. B., Tynan, R., Galinsky, A. D., & Thompson, L. (2004) Face threat sensitivity in negotiation: Roadblock to agreement and joint gain. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 94, 102-124.

Galinsky, A. D., & Ku, G. (2004). The effects of perspective-taking on prejudice: The moderating role of self-evaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 594-604.

Kray, L. J., Rebb, J., Galinsky, A. D., & Thompson, L. (2004). Stereotype reactance at the bargaining table: The effect of stereotype activation and power on claiming and creating value. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 399-411.

Galinsky, A. D., Gruenfeld, D. H, & Magee, J. C. (2003). From power to action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 453-466.

Diekmann, K. A., Tenbrunsel, A. E., & Galinsky, A. D. (2003). From self-prediction to self-defeat: Behavioral forecasting and the effect of competitive expectations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 672–683.

Okhuysen, G. A., Galinsky, A. D., & Uptigrove, T. A. (2003). Saving the worst for last: The effect of time horizon on the efficiency of negotiating benefits and burdens. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 91, 269-279.

Kray, L. J., & Galinsky, A. D. (2003). The debiasing effect of counterfactual mind-sets on group decisions: Increasing the search for disconfirmatory information in group decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 91, 69-81.

Galinsky, A. D., Mussweiler, T., & Medvec, V. H. (2002). Disconnecting outcomes and evaluations: The role of negotiator focus. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1131–1140.

Galinsky, A. D., Seiden, V., Kim, P. H., & Medvec, V. H. (2002). The dissatisfaction of having your first offer accepted: The role of counterfactual thinking in negotiations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 271-283.

Kray, L. J., Galinsky, A., & Thompson, L. (2002). Reversing the gender gap in negotiations: An exploration of stereotype regeneration. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 87, 386-410.

Galinsky, A. D., & Mussweiler, T. (2001). First offers as anchors: The role of perspective-taking and negotiator focus. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 657–669.

Kray, L. J., Thompson, L., & Galinsky, A. D. (2001). Battle of the sexes: Gender stereotype confirmation and reactance in negotiations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80, 942–958.

Galinsky, A. D., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2000). Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 708-724.

Galinsky, A. D., & Moskowitz, G. B., (2000). Counterfactuals as behavioral primes: Priming the simulation heuristic and the consideration of alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 357-383.

Galinsky, A. D., Moskowitz, G. B., & Skurnik, I. W. (2000). Counterfactuals as self-generated primes: The effect of prior counterfactual activation on person perception judgments. Social Cognition, 18, 252-280

Galinsky, A. D, & Glucksberg, S. (2000). Inhibition of the literal: Metaphors and idioms as judgmental primes. Social Cognition, 18, 35-54.

Galinsky, A. D., Stone, J., & Cooper, J. (2000). The reinstatement of dissonance and psychological discomfort following failed affirmations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 123-147.

Galinsky, A. D., & Lehman, E. V. (1995). Emergence, divergence, convergence: Three models of symphony orchestras at the crossroads. Journal of Cultural Policy, 2, 117-139.

Invited Articles
Leonardelli, G. J., Galinsky, A.D., Okhuysen, G.A., & Mussweiler, T. (2007). Achieving optimal agreements. Rotman, Spring, 50-53.

Galinsky, A. D., & Schweitzer, M. E., (2007). Think before you drink: Alcohol and negotiations. Negotiation.

Liljenquist, K. A. & Galinsky, A. D. (2007). Turn your adversary into your advocate: Strategic requests for advice can transform disputes into amiable problem-solving ventures. Negotiation.

Swaab, R. I. & Galinsky, A. D. (2007). Negotiation at a distance: The MEDIA approach. Negotiation.

Diekmann, K. A., & Galinsky, A. D. (2006). Overconfident, underprepared: Why you may not be ready to negotiate. Negotiation.

Liljenquist, K. A., & Galinsky, A. D. (2006). How to defuse threats at the bargaining table. Negotiation.

Galinsky, A. D., & Magee, J. C. (2006). Power Plays. Negotiation.

Sondak, H, & Galinsky, A. D. (2006). Gain less pain: How to negotiate burdens. Negotiation.

Galinsky, A. D., Maddux, W. W., & Ku, G. (2006). The view from the other side of the table. Negotiation.

Medvec, V. H. & Galinsky, A. D. (2005). Putting more on the table: How making multiple offers can increase the final value of the deal. Negotiation.

Galinsky, A. D. (2004). Should you make the first offer? Negotiation.

Galinsky, A. D. & Liljenquist, K. A., (2004). Putting on the pressure: How to make threats in negotiations. Negotiation.

Chapters
Galinsky, A. D., Jordan, J., & Sivanathan, N. (in press). Harnessing power to capture leadership. In D. Forsyth and C. Hoyt (Eds.). Social Psychology and Leadership, Praeger Press.

Lammers, J. & Galinsky, A. D. (in press). The conceptualization of power and the nature of interdependency: The role of legitimacy and culture. In D. Tjosvold & B. van Knippenberg (Eds.), Power and interdependence in organizations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Wong, E., Galinsky, A. D., & Kray, L. J. (in press). The counterfactual mind-set: A decade of research. To appear in K. D. Markman, W. M. P. Klein, & J. A. Suhr (Eds.), The Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation. New York: Psychology Press.

Zhong, C., McGee, J. C., Maddux, W. W., & Galinsky, A. D. (2006). Power, culture, and action: Considerations in the expression and enactment of power in East Asian and Western societies. In E. A. Mannix, M. A. Neale, & Y. Chen (Eds.), Research on Managing in Teams and Groups (Vol. 9, 53-73). Greenwich, CT: Elsevier Science Press.

Galinsky, A. D., Liljenquist, K. A., Kray, L. J., & Roese, N. R., (2005). Finding meaning from mutability: Making sense and deriving significance through counterfactual thinking. In D. R. Mandel, D. J Hilton, & P. Catellani (Eds.), The Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking. London: Routledge.

Martorana, P. V., Galinsky, A. D., & Rao, H. (2005). From system justification to system condemnation: Antecedents of attempts to change power hierarchies. In M. A. Neale, E. A. Mannix, & M. Thomas-Hunt (Eds.), Research on Managing in Teams and Groups. (Vol. 7, 285–315). Greenwich, CT: Elsevier Science Press.

Roese, N. J., Sanna, L. J., & Galinsky, A. D. (2005). The mechanics of imagination: Automaticity and control in counterfactual thinking. In. J. A. Bargh, J. Uleman, & R. Hassin (Eds.), The New Unconscious (pp. 138-170). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Magee, J. C., Gruenfeld, D. H, Keltner, D., & Galinsky, A. D. (2004). Leadership and the psychology of power. In D. M. Messick & R. Kramer (Eds.), The Psychology of Leadership: Some New Approaches. New Jersey: L. Erlbaum.

Galinsky, A. D., Hugenberg, K., Groom, C., & Bodenhausen, G. B. (2003). The reappropriation of stigmatizing labels: Consequences for social identity. In M. A. Neale, E. A. Mannix, & J. Polzer (Eds.), Research on Managing in Teams and Groups. (Vol. 5: 221-256). Greenwich, CT: Elsevier Science Press.

Galinsky, A. D., Martorana, P. V., & Ku, G. (2003). To control or not to control stereotypes: Separating the implicit and explicit processes of perspective-taking and suppression. In J. P. Forgas, K. Williams, W. von Hippel (Eds.). Responding to the social world: Implicit and explicit processes in social judgments and decisions (pp. 343-363). Philadelphia: Psychology Press, Philadelphia.

Galinsky, A. D. (2002). The self and the group: The role of perspective-taking in improving out-group evaluations. In M. A. Neale, E. A. Mannix, & H. Sondak (Eds.), Research on Managing in Teams and Groups (Vol. 4: 85-113). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.

Moskowitz, G. B., Skurnik, I., & Galinsky, A. D. (1999). The history of dual process notions in social psychology. In S. Chaiken & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual-Process Theories in Social Psychology (pp. 12-36). New York: Guilford.

Cases
Hackman, J. R., Galinsky, A. D., Lehman, E. V., & Peiperl, M. (2000). The London Symphony Orchestra (B). Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case # 9-494-034

Hackman, J. R., Lehman, E. V., Galinsky, A. D., & Peiperl, M. (2000). The London Symphony Orchestra: The Perspective of Clive Gillinson, Managing Director, Video. Product # 9-901-801.

Hackman, J. R., Lehman, E. V., & Galinsky, A. D. (1994). The London Symphony Orchestra. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case # 9-400-075.

   
Editorial Work (Consulting Editor)
 

Psychological Science (2007-2009)
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
(2005-2007)
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
(2004-2007)

European Journal of Social Psychology (2002-2005)

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