Joachim Vosgerau
Joachim Vosgerau is a researcher and co-author of the 2015 paper on self-promotion.
Who they are
The work of Joachim Vosgerau reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Self-Promotion Miscalibration.
Key papers
Scopelliti, I., Loewenstein, G., & Vosgerau, J. (2015). You call it self-exuberance and I call it bragging. Psychological Science. What it reports: People self-promote to be thought well of but project their own feelings onto audiences: they overestimate how proud or happy recipients will be and underestimate how annoyed they will be (experiments 1 and 2). Over-promotion often backfires, and targets see self-promoters as less likeable braggarts (experiment 3).
Key ideas
Self-Promotion Miscalibration: The tendency to overestimate how pleased an audience will be by self-promotion and underestimate how annoyed it will be.
Sources
- Scopelliti, I., Loewenstein, G., & Vosgerau, J. (2015). You call it self-exuberance and I call it bragging. Psychological Science.