About Anyi
Her research examines how personal agency shapes workplace outcomes. In particular, she studies how perceptions of agency affect women’s leadership opportunities, revealing when traits such as ambition or dominance constrain women and when they become sources of advantage. She also investigates how employees’ own sense of agency and control influences decisions, relationships, and workplace dynamics.
Selected Accepted Journal Articles
Feng, Z. & Ma, A. & Dwivedi, P. & Liu, F. (2025). Fostering Competence Perceptions Weaken the Dominance Penalty for Women in Leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology
Selected Published Journal Articles
Sheetal, A. & Ma, A. & Infurna, F. (2024). Psychological Predictors of Socioeconomic Resilience Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Machine Learning American Psychologist
Ma, A. & Paek, J. & Liu, F. & Kim, J. (2024). Threats to personal control fuel similarity attraction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ma, A. & Ponce de Leon, R. & Rosette, A. (2024). Asking for less (but receiving more): Women avoid impasses and outperform men when negotiators have weak alternatives. Journal of Applied Psychology
Ma, A. & Savani, K. & Liu, F. & Tai, K. & Kay, A. (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
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
Chakraborty, S. & Ma, A. & Swinney, R. (2023). Designing rewards-based crowdfunding campaigns for strategic (but distracted) contributors Naval Research Logistics
Ma, A. & Rosette, A. & Koval, C. (2022). Reconciling female agentic advantage and disadvantage with the CADDIS measure of agency. Journal of Applied Psychology
Fath, S. & Ma, A. & Shelby Rosette, A. (2022). Self-views of disadvantage and success impact perceptions of privilege among White men Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Ma, A. & Tang, S. & Kay, A. (2019). Psychological reactance as a function of thought versus behavioral control Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Ma, A. & Axt, J. & Kay, A. (2019). A control-based account of stereotyping Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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
Ma, A. & Landau, M. & Narayanan, J. & Kay, A. (2017). Thought-control difficulty motivates structure seeking Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Ma, A. & Kay, A. (2017). Compensatory control and ambiguity intolerance Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Rosette, A. & Koval, C. & Ma, A. & Livingston, R. (2016). Race matters for women leaders: Intersectional effects on agentic deficiencies and penalties The Leadership Quarterly
Practitioner-Oriented Publications
Ma, A. & Paek, J. & Liu, F. & Kim, J. (2024). Research: Why Forming Diverse Teams Is Harder in Uncertain Times Harvard Business Review
Madan, S. & Ma, A. & Rattan, A. & Savani, K. (2023). Research: A Growth Mindset Can Boost Support for Increasing the Minimum Wage Harvard Business Review
Ma, A. & Fath, S. & Rosette, A. (2022). Research: People Can Learn to Recognize Their Racial Privilege Harvard Business Review
Ma, A. & Yang, Y. & Savani, K. (2020). How to Respond to “Take It or Leave It” Harvard Business Review
Editorial and Reviewing Activities
Organization Science – Since September 2025
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition – Since September 2025
Editorial Board Member
WSB Stories
- What Do Our Clothes Communicate to Others? More Than We Might Think. - April 23, 2025
- Assistant Professor Anyi Ma’s Research Featured in Harvard Business Review - January 23, 2025
- Growth Mindset Research from WSB’s Anyi Ma Featured in Harvard Business Review - November 22, 2023
WSB Stories
What Do Our Clothes Communicate to Others? More Than We Might Think.
Assistant Professor Anyi Ma’s Research Featured in Harvard Business Review