#297 Richard Ronay: Evolution, Hierarchy, And Leadership

Feb 20, 2020

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Dr. Richard Ronay is Associate Professor of Leadership and Management at University of Amsterdam Business School. His research interests include power and status; social hierarchy; leadership; inequality; overconfidence; social intelligence; decision making; evolutionary psychology; and social neuroendocrinology.

In this episode, we focus on human social hierarchies and leadership. We first talk about social hierarchy from an evolutionary perspective, the different kinds of hierarchies that we can establish, and sex differences in competition. Then we discuss leadership, the traits that tend to go along with it, and the role that traits like overconfidence and risk-taking might play. We also refer to the relationship between hierarchy and group effectiveness, and the relationship between reversal learning (the ability to detect changing contingencies) and social success. Finally, we talk about risk-taking as a sexual display strategy.

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Some relevant papers:

The evolutionary psychology of leadership: Theory, review, and roadmap: http://bit.ly/36fWGaw

Sensitivity to Changing Contingencies Predicts Social Success: http://bit.ly/358GQyc

When Hierarchical Differentiation Increases Group Effectiveness: http://bit.ly/2RCnX2S

The Presence of an Attractive Woman Elevates Testosterone and Physical Risk Taking in Young Men: http://bit.ly/2P6whGt

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