# Eric Mercadante

0 ejm512 [Research Scholar](/taxonomy/term/4804) Post-Doctoral Research Scholar 2023       ![Eric Mercadante profile photo](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/media/ejm512.jpg?h=9506dd0a&itok=fPq_7aZ8)

Tisch Hall

40 West Fourth Street, 701C

New York, NY 10012

701C 0 - PhD, 2023

University of British Columbia
- MA, 2019

University of British Columbia
- BA, Psychology, 2017

Northwestern University

Eric's research investigates how and why people act unethically in pursuit of indicators of success (e.g., wealth, power, status). He addresses these topics from the perspective of both the individual success-seekers, with a focus on the interplay between personality and emotion, and the observers who evaluate those individuals and their behaviors, from close colleagues to society at large.

- Mercadante, E. J., Heine, S. J., & Aquino, K. (2023)

[Leadership in the eye of the beholder: Follower self-esteem is associated with divergent perceptions of leadership ability for dominant and prestigious leaders.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36478380/)

Journal of Personality, 91, 1253–1270.
- Mercadante, E. J., Tracy, J. L., & Götz, F. M. (2023)

[Greed communication predicts the approval and reach of US senators’ tweets.](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218680120)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(11), e2218680120.
- Mercadante, E. J., & Tracey, J. L. (2024)

[How does it feel to be greedy? The role of pride in avaricious acquisition.](https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12852)

Journal of Personality, 92(2), 565–583.

[https://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/static/cv/cv\_ejm512\_20240916.pdf](https://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/static/cv/cv_ejm512_20240916.pdf)