Psychological entitlement is a personality trait characterized by pervasive feelings of
deservingness, specialness, and exaggerated expectations. The present review expands …

Pain is mostly thought of as a problem—as debilitating or harmful. Despite its
unpleasantness, however, under some conditions pain can be associated with positive …

Four studies (total valid N= 643) examined whether ostracism increases people's political
conspiracy beliefs through heightened vulnerability and whether self-affirmation intervention …

We develop and test an integrative model explaining why victims of workplace social
undermining become perpetrators of undermining. Conceptualizing social undermining as a …

We propose that CEOs are more likely to engage in financial misconduct after the media
names them as being among the best business leaders. We theorize this occurs because …

Occasionally, people trade monetary gains for moral costs and engage in dishonest
behavior. Based on research showing that people react more sensitively toward a possible …

Winning a competition engenders subsequent unrelated unethical behavior. Five studies
reveal that after a competition has taken place winners behave more dishonestly than …

The experience of social exclusion has been shown to trigger aggressive, antisocial
behavior. This outcome is particularly problematic if such retaliatory acts, in addition to being …

While social exclusion in the consumption context has gained significant interest recently, its
literature remains fragmented and underexplored due to restricted categorization and limited …

Ostracism is an important issue in the workplace and studies on this issue are diverse and
large. This paper comprehensively reviews the literature related to workplace ostracism in …