We define self-enhancement and self-protection as interests that individuals have in
advancing one or more self-domains or defending against negative self-views. We review …

People are often presumed to be vulnerable to a desirability bias, namely, a tendency to be
overoptimistic about a future outcome as a result of their preferences or desires for that …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

The past and current states of research on social comparison are reviewed with regard to a
series of major theoretical developments that have occurred in the past 5 decades. These …

Self-enhancement denotes a class of psychological phenomena that involve taking a
tendentiously positive view of oneself. We distinguish between four levels of self …

We analyze a fundamental, but so far unaddressed, aspect of leadership and social
comparison: how leadership can influence the employee social comparison processes …

People base thousands of choices across a lifetime on the views they hold of their skill and
moral character, yet a growing body of research in psychology shows that such self-views …

The self has long fascinated writers, poets, and philosophers. More recently, scientists have
begun to investigate it empirically, using rigorous and inventive methodologies. The focus …

The article examines how management science researchers and academics might more
fruitfully collaborate with actual managers. The two groups are separated by, among many …

Self-enhancement bias has been studied from 2 perspectives: L. Festinger's (1954) social
comparison theory (self-enhancers perceive themselves more positively than they perceive …