# Prof. Steven Blader's research on the effects of status and power on managers is featured

1 Faculty News September 2, 2012 ![USA Today logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031097.jpg?itok=ln7a_tqf)>

Excerpt from [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/money/jobcenter/workplace/bruzzese/story/2012-09-02/better-managers-boost-profits/57489078/1) -- "Managers can get a heightened sense of their own power when they're pushed to zero in on bottom-line issues such as headcount, budget control and worker bonuses, according to a recent experiment from New York University's Stern School of Business and Cornell University's Johnson School of Management. 'As resources become more finite, then there is a pecking order of who gets more. That gets everyone more focused on power,' says [Steven Blader](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-blader), associate professor of management and organizations at NYU."

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