Professor Kim Peters
Professor in Human Resource Management
K.O.Peters2@exeter.ac.uk
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Streatham Court
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Overview
I completed my Masters and PhD in Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Melbourne. I worked in the University of Exeter School of Psychology as a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer, before returning to Australia to work in the University of Queensland’s School of Psychology. In 2019, I joined the Department of Management in the University of Exeter Business School.
I have two major programmes of research. The first explores how people’s perceptions of self and other fuel their motivation to lead and follow. The second studies the flow of reputational information through social networks and its implications for social beliefs, behaviours and bonds. This work has been published in leading journals in management and psychology, including Psychological Science, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Management and Leadership Quarterly, as well as articles and reports for the public and private sector (e.g., European Parliament, Harvard Business Review and BMJ Careers).
Nationality: Australian
Qualifications
PhD
Research
Research interests
- Gossip
- Reputation
- Identity at work
- Leadership and followership
Publications
Journal articles
Peters K, Jetten J (In Press). How living in economically unequal societies shapes our minds and our social lives. The British journal of psychology. General section
Fonseca M, Peters K (In Press). Is it Costly to Deceive? People Are Adept at Detecting Gossipers’ Lies but May Not Reward Honesty. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Peters K, Jetten J, Porntida T, Wang Z, Mols F, Verkuyten M (In Press). The language of inequality: Evidence that income inequality increases wealth category salience. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
McLaughlin H, Silvester J, Bilimoria D, Jane S, Sealy R, Peters K, Moltner H, Huse M, Goke J (In Press). Women in power: Contributing factors that impact on women in organizations and politics; psychological research and bets practice. Organizational Dynamics
Tanjitpiyanond P, Peters K, Jetten J (2023). Pay inequality in organizations shapes pay‐based stereotypes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(12), 1214-1226. Abstract.
Filippi S, Peters K, Suitner C (2023). Power to the people: a social identity perspective on organizational decentralization and employee well‐being. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(1). Abstract.
Tanjitpiyanond P, Jetten J, Peters K, Ashokkumar A, Barry O, Billet M, Becker M, Booth RW, Castro D, Chinchilla J, et al (2022). A 32‐society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on social class stereotyping. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 367-382. Abstract.
Tanjitpiyanond P, Jetten J, Peters K (2022). A social identity analysis of how pay inequality divides the workplace. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(3), 720-737. Abstract.
Rees T, Green J, Peters K, Stevens M, Haslam SA, James W, Timson S (2022). Multiple group memberships promote health and performance following pathway transitions in junior elite cricket. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 60, 102159-102159.
Kark R, Meister A, Peters K (2022). Now you See Me, Now you Don't: a Conceptual Model of the Antecedents and Consequences of Leader Impostorism. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 48(7), 1948-1979. Author URL.
Bago B, Kovacs M, Protzko J, Nagy T, Kekecs Z, Palfi B, Adamkovic M, Adamus S, Albalooshi S, Albayrak-Aydemir N, et al (2022). Publisher Correction: Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nat Hum Behav, 6(6), 897-898. Author URL.
Bago B, Kovacs M, Protzko J, Nagy T, Kekecs Z, Palfi B, Adamkovic M, Adamus S, Albalooshi S, Albayrak-Aydemir N, et al (2022). Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nat Hum Behav, 6(6), 880-895. Abstract. Author URL.
Martinescu E, Peters K, Beersma B (2022). What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Others? Evidence for the Primacy of the Horizontal Dimension of Social Evaluation in Workplace Gossip. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 35(1), 1-12. Author URL.
Jetten J, Peters K, Álvarez B, Casara BGS, Dare M, Kirkland K, Sánchez-Rodríguez Á, Selvanathan HP, Sprong S, Tanjitpiyanond P, et al (2021). Consequences of Economic Inequality for the Social and Political Vitality of Society: a Social Identity Analysis. Political Psychology, 42(S1), 241-266. Abstract.
Maskor M, Steffens NK, Peters K, Haslam SA (2021). Discovering the secrets of leadership success: Comparing commercial and academic preoccupations. Australian Journal of Management, 47(1), 79-104. Abstract.
Meeussen L, Begeny C, Peters K, Ryan M (2021). In traditionally male-dominated fields, women are less willing to make sacrifices for their career because discrimination and lower fit with people up the ladder make sacrifices less worthwhile. Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Gartzia L, Morgenroth T, Ryan MK, Peters K (2021). Testing the motivational effects of attainable role models: Field and experimental evidence. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5(4), 591-602. Abstract.
Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Flake JK, Liuzza MT, Antfolk J, Arinze NC, Ndukaihe ILG, Bloxsom NG, Lewis SC, Foroni F, et al (2021). To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply?. Nat Hum Behav, 5(1), 159-169. Abstract. Author URL.
Fransen K, Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Peters K, Mallett CJ, Mertens N, Boen F (2020). All for us and us for all: Introducing the 5R Shared Leadership Program. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 51 Abstract.
Steffens NK, Haslam SA, Peters K, Quiggin J (2020). Identity economics meets identity leadership: Exploring the consequences of elevated CEO pay. Leadership Quarterly, 31(3). Abstract.
Fransen K, Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Mallett CJ, Peters K, Boen F (2020). Making 'us' better: High-quality athlete leadership relates to health and burnout in professional Australian football teams. Eur J Sport Sci, 20(7), 953-963. Abstract. Author URL.
Peters K, Fonseca MA (2020). Truth, Lies and Gossip. Psychological Science
van Dick R, Fink L, Steffens NK, Peters K, Haslam SA (2019). Attributions of leaders’ charisma increase after their death: the mediating role of identity leadership and identity fusion. Leadership, 15(5), 576-589. Abstract.
Bentley SV, Peters K, Haslam SA, Greenaway KH (2019). Construction at Work: Multiple Identities Scaffold Professional Identity Development in Academia. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 10 Author URL.
Shank DB, Kashima Y, Peters K, Li Y, Robins G, Kirley M (2019). Norm talk and human cooperation: can we talk ourselves into cooperation?. J Pers Soc Psychol, 117(1), 99-123. Abstract. Author URL.
Steffens NK, Peters K, Haslam SA, Platow MJ (2019). One of us … and us … and us: Evidence that leaders’ multiple identity prototypicality (LMIP) is related to their perceived effectiveness. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 3(2), 175-199.
Peters K (2019). “Our Country Needs a Strong Leader Right Now”: Economic Inequality Enhances the Wish for a Strong Leader. Psychological Science
Peters K, Haslam SA (2018). I follow, therefore I lead: a longitudinal study of leader and follower identity and leadership in the marines. Br J Psychol, 109(4), 708-723. Abstract. Author URL.
O’Donnell M, Nelson LD, Ackermann E, Aczel B, Akhtar A, Aldrovandi S, Alshaif N, Andringa R, Aveyard M, Babincak P, et al (2018). Registered Replication Report: Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13(2), 268-294. Abstract.
Green J, Rees T, Peters K, Sarkar M, Haslam SA (2018). Resolving not to quit: Evidence that salient group memberships increase resilience in a sensorimotor task. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(DEC). Abstract.
Kashima Y, Bratanova B, Peters K (2018). Social transmission and shared reality in cultural dynamics. Current Opinion in Psychology, 23, 15-19.
Peters K, Steffens NK, Morgenroth T (2018). Superstars Are Not Necessarily Role Models: Morality Perceptions Moderate the Impact of Competence Perceptions on Supervisor Role Modeling. European Journal of Social Psychology
Fonseca MA, Peters K (2018). Will any gossip do? Gossip does not need to be perfectly accurate to promote trust. Games and Economic Behavior, 107, 253-281.
Jetten J, Wang Z, Steffens NK, Mols F, Peters K, Verkuyten M (2017). A social identity analysis of responses to economic inequality. Current Opinion in Psychology, 18, 1-5.
Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Peters K, Boyce RA, Mallett CJ, Fransen K (2017). A social identity approach to leadership development; the 5R program. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16(3), 113-124. Abstract.
Steffens NK, Peters K, Haslam SA, van Dick R (2017). Dying for charisma: Leaders' inspirational appeal increases post-mortem. Leadership Quarterly, 28(4), 530-542. Abstract.
Peters K, Jetten J, Radova D, Austin K (2017). Gossiping About Deviance: Evidence That Deviance Spurs the Gossip That Builds Bonds. Psychological Science, 28(11), 1610-1619. Abstract.
Fransen K, Haslam SA, Mallett CJ, Steffens NK, Peters K, Boen F (2017). Is perceived athlete leadership quality related to team effectiveness? a comparison of three professional sports teams. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20(8), 800-806. Abstract.
Abele AE, Hauke N, Peters K, Louvet E, Szymkow A, Duan Y (2016). Facets of the Fundamental Content Dimensions: Agency with Competence and Assertiveness—Communion with Warmth and Morality. Frontiers in Psychology, 7
Ryan MK, Haslam SA, Morgenroth T, Rink F, Stoker J, Peters K (2016). Getting on top of the glass cliff: Reviewing a decade of evidence, Explanations, and impact. Leadership Quarterly, 27(3), 446-455. Abstract.
Fransen K, Haslam SA, Mallett CJ, Steffens NK, Peters K, Boen F (2016). Leading from the Centre: a Comprehensive Examination of the Relationship between Central Playing Positions and Leadership in Sport. PLoS One, 11(12). Abstract. Author URL.
Peters K, Kashima Y (2015). A multimodal theory of affect diffusion. Psychological Bulletin, 141(5), 966-992.
Peters K, Kashima Y (2015). Bad habit or social good? How perceptions of gossiper morality are related to gossip content. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 45(6), 784-798. Author URL.
Peters K, Ryan MK, Haslam SA (2015). Marines, medics, and machismo: Lack of fit with masculine occupational stereotypes discourages men's participation. British Journal of Psychology, 106(4), 635-655. Abstract.
Morgenroth T, Ryan MK, Peters K (2015). The motivational theory of role modeling: How role models influence role aspirants' goals. Review of General Psychology, 19(4), 465-483. Abstract.
Steffens NK, Haslam SA, Reicher SD, Platow MJ, Fransen K, Yang J, Ryan MK, Jetten J, Peters K, Boen F, et al (2014). Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. Leadership Quarterly
Steffens NK, Haslam SA, Reicher SD, Platow MJ, Fransen K, Yang J, Ryan MK, Jetten J, Peters K, Boen F, et al (2014). Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model. Leadership Quarterly, 25(5), 1001-1024. Abstract.
Peters KO, Haslam SA, Ryan MK, Fonseca M (2013). Working with subgroup identities to build organizational identification and support for organizational strategy: a test of the ASPIRe model. Group and Organization Management Abstract.
Peters K, Daniels K, Hodgkinson GP, Haslam SA (2012). Experts’ Judgments of Management Journal Quality. Journal of Management, 40(7), 1785-1812. Abstract.
Peters K, Ryan M, Haslam SA, Fernandes H (2012). To Belong or Not to Belong Evidence That Women's Occupational Disidentification is Promoted by Lack of Fit with Masculine Occupational Prototypes. JOURNAL OF PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY, 11(3), 148-158. Author URL.
Stukas AA, Bratanova B, Peters K, Kashima Y, Beatson RM (2010). Confirmatory processes in attitude transmission: the role of shared reality. Social Influence, 2(5), 101-117.
Stukas AA, Bratanova B, Peters K, Kashima Y, Beatson RM (2010). Confirmatory processes in attitude transmission: the role of shared reality. Social Influence, 5(2), 101-117. Abstract.
Peters K, Tevichapong P, Haslam SA, Postmes T (2010). Making the Organization Fly Organizational Identification and Citizenship in Full-Service and Low-Cost Airlines. JOURNAL OF PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY, 9(3), 145-148. Author URL.
Peters K, Tevichapong P, Haslam SA, Postmes T (2010). Making your organization fly: Organizational identification and cooperation in the airline industry. Journal of Personnel Psychology(9), 145-148.
Whelan J, Lahan SM, Peters K, Boldero J, Kashima Y (2010). Regulatory focus and attitudes towards migrants. International Journal of Psychology(45), 145-201.
Kashima Y, Bain P, Haslam N, Peters K, Laham S, Whelan J, Bastian B, Loughnan S, Kaufmann L, Fernando J, et al (2009). Folk theory of social change. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12(4), 227-246. Abstract.
Peters K, Kashima Y, Clark A (2009). Talking about others: Emotionality and the dissemination of social information. European Journal of Social Psychology(39), 207-222.
Haslam N, Ban L, Kaufman L, Loughnan S, Peters K, Whelan J, Wilson S (2008). What makes an article influential? Predicting impact in social and personality psychology. Scientometrics, 76(1), 169-185.
Peters K, Kashima, Y. (2007). From social talk to social action:. Shaping the social triad with emotion sharing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 780-797.
Peters K, Darlington CL, Smith PF (2000). The effects of repeated optokinetic stimulation on human autonomic function. J Vestib Res, 10(3), 139-142. Abstract. Author URL.
Chapters
Kashima Y, Bratanova B, Peters KO (In Press). Balancing the stability and change: a neo-diffusionist perspective on cultural dynamics of socially transformative ideas. In Wagoner B, Jensen E, Oldmeadow J (Eds.) Culture and social change: Transforming society through the power of ideas, Information Age Publishers.
Peters K, Fonseca MA, Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Quiggin J (2019). Fat cats and thin followers: Excessive CEO pay may reduce ability to lead. In (Ed) The Social Psychology of Inequality, 21-34.
Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Peters K (2019). The importance of creating and harnessing a sense of 'us': Social identity as the missing link between leadership and health. In (Ed) Social Scaffolding: Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Healthcare, 302-311.
Bruckmüller S, Ryan MK, Haslam SA, Peters K (2013). Ceilings, cliffs, and labyrinths: Exploring metaphors for workplace gender discrimination. In Ryan MK, Branscombe NR (Eds.) Sage Handbook of Gender and Psychology.
Peters K, Ryan MK, Haslam SA (2013). Chapter 7: Women’s occupational motivation: the impact of being a woman in a man’s world. In (Ed) Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers, Edward Elgar Publishing, 162-177.
Peters K, Ryan MK, Haslam SA (2013). Women's occupational motivation: the impact of being a woman in a man's world. In (Ed) Handbook of Research on Promoting Women's Careers, 162-177.
Morton TA, Wright R, Peters K, Reynolds K, Haslam S (2012). Social Identity and the Dynamics of Organizational Communication. In Giles H (Ed) The Sage Handbook of Intergroup Communication, Sage.
Peters K, Morton T, Haslam SA (2010). Communication silos and social identity complexity in organizations. In Giles H, Reid S, Howard J (Eds.) The dynamics of intergroup communication. Language as social action, New York, NY, US: Peter Lang Publishing.
Kashima Y, Peters K, Whelan J (2008). Culture, Narrative and Human Agency. In Sorrentino R, Yamaguchi S (Eds.) Handbook of Motivation and Cognition across Cultures, Elsevier Science.
