What This Study Found Faking kindness is exhausting and ineffective. Analysis of 95 studies showed that "surface acting"—putting on a friendly mask when it doesn't
What This Study Found Your agreeable nature is authentic, not fake. Researchers tested whether people just pretend to be agreeable to look good, and found that agreeableness isn't
What This Study Found Being a jerk doesn't actually get you promoted. Researchers tracked professionals for 14 years and found that disagreeable people—those who are selfish, combative,
What This Study Found: People judge you on two critical dimensions: warmth and competence. Research across cultures shows that when colleagues meet you, they're asking two questions (whether
What This Study Found This paper summarizes what Fiske and Cuddy found previously: when meeting someone new, we have to form an immediate judgment on two questions: 1) is the
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