Introduction: The current investigations on Health Equity, primarily point to the harmful health consequences of being in a stressful social hierarchy. The repetitive nature of social conflicts seems to favor the induction of hyperalgesia or hypoalgesia both in rodents and humans, and it can also affect the immune system. In this study, the effects of changes in social status on pain percept...

Subordinate-level object processing is regarded as a hallmark of perceptual expertise. However, the relative contribution of subordinate- and basic-level category experience in the acquisition of perceptual expertise has not been clearly delineated. In this study, participants learned to classify wading birds and owls at either the basic (e.g., wading bird, owl) or the subordinate (e.g., egret,...

Subordinate perceptions of supervisor communication of power (control) strategies and supervisor communication of affinity-seeking strategies were found to correlate with subordinate satisfaction. Supervisor use of power strategies such as Deferred Reward from Behavior, Self-Esteem, and Supervisor Feedback were positively correlated with subordinate satisfaction. Punishment from Supervisor, Pun...

Laissez-faire leadership has received much less attention than have the 3 transactional leadership dimensions of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). However, laissez-faire leadership has shown strong negative relationships with various leadership criteria, and the absence of leadership (laissez-faire leadership) may be just as important as is the presence of other types of leadershi...

SUBORDINATE-SUPERVISOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERCEIVED VALUESIMILARITY: RELATIONSHIPS TO SUBORDINATE PERCEPTIONS OFORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICEby CHARLES LEVI WELLS, IVMay 2013Advisor:SebastianoFisicaro, Ph.DMajor: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe purpose of this study was to examine the empirical relationship between subordinate-...