Publications

Academic Publications

16. Feng, Z.*, Ma, A.*, Dwivedi, P., Liu, F. (2025) The Competence Shield: Fostering Competence Perceptions Weakens the Dominance Penalty for Women in Leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology. (*denotes shared first authorship)

15. Ma, A., Paek, J.J.W., Liu, F., & Kim, J.Y. (2024) Threats to personal control fuel similarity attraction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

14. Sheetal, A., Ma, A., Infurna, F.J. (2024). Searching for solutions using machine learning: Searching for solutions using machine learning: Preparing for future adversities by investigating resilience against Covid-19. American Psychologist.

 13. Ma, A., Ponce de Leon, R., & Rosette, A. S. (2024) Asking for Less (but Receiving More) Women Avoid Impasses and Outperform Men When Negotiators Have Weak Alternatives. Journal of Applied Psychology.

 12. Ma, A., Savani, K., Liu, F., Tai, K., & Kay, A. C. (2023). The Mutual Constitution of Culture and Psyche The Bidirectional Relationship Between Individuals’ Perceived Control and Cultural Tightness–Looseness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 901-916.

 11. Madan, S., Ma, A., Pandey, N., Rattan, A., & Savani, K. (2023). Support for Increasing Low-Wage Workers’ Compensation: The Role of Fixed-Growth Mindsets About Intelligence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,152, 935-955.

10.  Chakraborty, S., Ma, A., & Swinney, R. (2023). Designing Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns for Strategic (but Distracted) Contributors. Naval Research Logistics. 

9.  Ma, A., Rosette, A. S, & Koval, C. Z. (2022) Reconciling female agentic advantage and disadvantage with the CADDIS measure of agency. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 2115-2148.

  • Published as Monograph for having the potential to make an exceptional contribution to the literature 

8. Fath, S. B.*, Ma, A.*, & Rosette, A. S. (2022) Exploring perceptions of disadvantage and              success as interwoven antecedents of White privilege acknowledgment Organizational                Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 104114 (*denotes shared first authorship)

7. Ma, A., Yang, Y., & Savani, K. (2019). “Take it or leave it!” A choice mindset leads to greater persistence and better outcomes in negotiations Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 153, 1-12. 

6. Ma, A., Tang, S., & Kay, A. C. (2019). Psychological reactance as a function of thought versus behavioral control Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 103825.

5. Ma, A., Axt, J. R., & Kay, A. C. (2019). A control-based account of stereotyping Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 103819. 

4. Ma, A., & Kay, A.C. (2017). Compensatory control and ambiguity intolerance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 140, 46-61.

3. Ma, A., Landau, M.J., Narayanan, J., & Kay, A. C. (2017). Thought-control difficulty motivates structure-seeking Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 1067-1072.

2. Rosette, A. S., Akinola, M., & Ma, A. (2017). Subtle discrimination in the workplace: Individual-level factors and processes. In E. King & A. Colella (Eds.), Oxford handbook on discrimination.

1. Rosette, A. S., Koval, C. Z., Ma, A., & Livingston, R. (2016). Race matters for women leaders: Intersectional effects on agentic deficiencies and penalties. The Leadership Quarterly, 27, 429–445

Practitioner Publications

4. Ma, A., Paek, J.J.W., Liu, F., & Kim, J.Y. (2024) Why Forming Diverse Teams Is Harder in Uncertain Times. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.

3. Madan, S., Ma, A., Rattan, A., & Savani, K. (2023) A growth mindset can boost support for increasing the minimum wage. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.

2. Ma, A., Fath, S., & Rosette, A. S. (2022). How reflecting on experiences of disadvantage can lead White men to perceive racial privilege. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.

1. Ma, A., Yang, Y., & Savani, K. (2020). How to Respond to “Take It or Leave It,” Harvard Business Review Digital Articles.