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Nathanael J. Fast Assistant Professor of Management and Organization
Marshall School of Business Phone: (650) 580-5953
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I am an assistant professor of Management and Organization at the USC Marshall School of Business. My research explores the ways in which power and status affect how people perceive reality, make decisions, and relate to others. I also examine the psychological processes that influence the spread of ideas and culture.
Power and status
Judgment and decision making
Social dominance and aggression
Self-image maintenance
Psychological foundations of culture
Joshi, P. D., & Fast, N. J. (2013). I am my (high-power) role: Power and role identification. Personality and Social Psycholgy Bulletin.
Joshi, P. D., & Fast, N. J. (2013). Power and reduced temporal discounting. Psychological Science.
Fast, N. J., Sivanathan, N., Mayer, N. D., & Galinsky, A. D. (2012). Power and overconfident decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 117, 249-260.
Fast, N. J., Halevy, N., & Galinsky, A. D. (2012). The destructive nature of power without status. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 391-394.
Cho, Y., & Fast, N. J. (2012). Power, defensive denigration, and the assuaging effect of gratitude expression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 778-782.
Fast, N. J., & Tiedens, L. Z. (2010). Blame contagion: The automatic transmission of self-serving attributions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 97-106.
Fast, N. J., Gruenfeld, D. H., Sivanathan, N., & Galinsky, A. D. (2009). Illusory control: A generative force behind power's far-reaching effects. Psychological Science, 20, 502-508.
Fast, N. J., & Chen, S. (2009). When the boss feels inadequate: Power, incompetence, and aggression. Psychological Science, 20, 1406-1413.
Fast, N. J., Heath, C., & Wu,G. (2009). Common ground and cultural prominence: How conversation reinforces culture. Psychological Science, 20, 904-911.
Morrison, K. R., Fast, N. J., & Ybarra, O. (2009). Group status, perceptions of threat, and support for social inequality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 204-210.
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The Economist, All power tends to corrupt, but power without status corrupts absolutely
CNN, Power without status can lead to rudeness, even abuse
Newsweek, The making of a toxic boss
U.S. News & World Report, When accusations start to fly, they multiply
Newsweek, New research: Blaming others is contagious
Forbes, When accusations start to fly, they multiply
Discover, Power + incompetence = a bullying boss
Reuters, Inadequate bosses more likely to bully
ABC News, Why is your boss a bully?
San Francisco Chronicle, Insecure bosses likelier to bully, study says
Associated Press, Bosses who bully may feel incompetent
Newsweek, Forget talent, it's the human need to connect that drives the selection of our cultural icons
ABC News, Psychology study suggests human desire to find common ground drives fame
New Scientist, How celebrities stay famous regardless of talent
Washington Post, Between hubris and vision
Time, Why powerful people overestimate themselves
CNN, Do chief executives have delusions of grandeur?
Reuters, Acquiring power inspires people to take risks, act
The Financial, Power and the illusion of control
I received my Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in 2009. At Marshall, I teach Leading Organizations and Power, Politics, and Influence.
Research Interests
Recent Publications
Selected Media Mentions