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Todd Lowell Pittinsky

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What lies beyond mere tolerance of the "other"? My research investigates positive intergroup attitudes: How they arise, how they work, and how they shape the ways people think, feel, and behave. In all these my work shows they can be different from and independent of the frequently studied negative intergroup attitudes. To date, this research has taken three forms, the study of: (a) positive stereotypes, (b) allophilia and the Two-Dimensional Model of Intergroup Attitudes (TDMIA), and (c) the effects of leadership on positive intergroup relations (intergroup leadership).

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Gender Psychology
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition
  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Gender Psychology
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Pittinsky, T. L., Rosenthal, S. A., & Montoya, R. M. (2007). Positive intergroup attitudes: Development and validation of the Allophilia Scale. Manuscript under review.
  • Pittinsky, T. L., Shih, M., & Trahan, A. (2006). Identity cues: Evidence from and for intra-individual perspectives on positive and negative stereotyping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 2215-2239.
  • Rosenthal, S. A., & Pittinsky, T. L. (2006). Narcissistic leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 17, 617-633.
  • Shih, M., Pittinsky, T. L., & Trahan, A. (2006). Domain-specific effects of stereotypes on performance. Self and Identity, 5, 1-14.

Other Publications:

  • Pittinsky, T. L., Montoya, R. M., Tropp, L. R., & Chen, A. (in press). How and when leader behavior affects intergroup liking: Affect, approval, and allophilia. In B. Mannix, M. Neale, & C. Anderson (Eds.), Research on managing groups and teams: Affect & groups. Oxford: Elsevier Science Press.

Todd Lowell Pittinsky
Center for Public Leadership
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University, 79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Phone: (617) 384-7283
Fax: (617) 496-3337

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