Interviews
LIST AND SUMMARY OF OUR INTERVIEWS AND SOURCES
Dr. Robert Hogan
Is the CEO and Founder of Hogan Assesments, located in Oklahoma. His ideals and perspective on evolutionary biology and it's interaction with competition can be explained by these two quotes, pulled from our interview with him.
"Those who recognize why people compete at work can become more effective at managing their own performance and influencing others. Being interesting and agreeable, meeting the other person’s expectations, satisfying their desires, and promoting their agenda—forms the basis for performance appraisal"
"They'll not only kill you, they'll probably eat you. Once they've killed you and eaten you, you dissapear from the gene pool. It doesnt matter how much status you have within your group, when the other group takes you over you're done. You're through."
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Richard G. Wilkinson
is well known as a co-founder in the Status-Anxiety Hypothesis as well as the co-author of The Spirit Level and The Inner Level.This states that there is an induced anxiety due to one's status based on income inequality. Countries and States with more income inequality tend to have more status anxiety than those with less income inequality.
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Andrew J. Martin
is a Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of University of South Wales. He focuses on student motivation and specifically on how the fear of failure is a motivating factor. The fear of failure is the fear of failing to meet a certain standard, and the consequences of it.
This fear can come from home life, performance environments and peers.
Its role on competition is described by Martin as, "For some, it may fuel perfectionism- that is, one way to avoid failure is to do everything possible to succeed. For others it may be self-handicapping- that is, putting obstacles in place (e.g., withdrawing effort, procrastinating) so there is an excuse or alibi in the event of poor performance. For others it may be total disengagement- that is, they would rather not run the race at all (or sit the test) than risk 'losing'."
Motivation through this fear can manifest in many different ways, but plays a role in the toxic mindset associated with over-competition.
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Dr. Doug Stilwell
is a professor of education at Drake University whose research specializes in competition in academics. He believes that when education becomes market based and competition driven then quality and ethics suffer. While some say that competition drives improvement, Stilwell believes that this is not the case in all areas of life, especially education.
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Dr. Alexis Peters
Alexis Peters, who earned her Ph.D. from Western University in London, Ontario, is a big voice on Toxic Masculinity and the toxic culture in Ice Hockey. She is an insightful observer, delving into the rugged terrain of this culture. With a keen eye, she scrutinizes its elements—the unyielding demand to soldier through pain and the relentless torrent of critique from fans and coaches.
These traits, she warns, are like insidious whispers, weaving threads of toxic masculinity into the fabric of the game. They speak of resilience, but at what cost? Her voice rises up, advocating for the players’ health and well-being, urging the culture to shift from harm to healing.
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