Bridging the literatures on social dilemmas, intergroup conflict, and social hierarchy, we systematically varied the intergroup context in which social dilemmas were embedded to investigate how costly contributions to public goods influence status conferral. We predicted that contribution...

This research investigated the reciprocal relationship between mental models of conflict and various forms of dysfunctional social relations in organizations, including experiences of task and relationship conflicts, interpersonal hostility, workplace ostracism, and abusive supervision. We...

Across four studies, guilt led to forgiveness of others’ transgressions. In Study 1, people prone to experience guilt (but not shame) were also prone to forgive others for past misdeeds. In Study 2, we manipulated harm- and inequity-based guilt; both increased forgiveness of others’...