Kim Peters

Dr. Kim Peters is an Honorary Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland. Their research focuses on social identity, leadership dynamics, economic inequality, and workplace behavior. Key themes include the psychological impacts of inequality, gender discrimination, and the role of gossip in organizational cohesion.

Their recent work examines how vertical pay gaps affect employee well-being, age-based stereotype threat mechanisms, and the social identity implications of economic disparity. Articles also explore gossip as a moral social action, leadership in sports teams, and cultural variations in moral judgments.

• Key research areas: Social identity, organizational behavior, economic inequality, gossip dynamics, leadership studies.
• Collaborators: S. Alexander Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Niklas K. Steffens, Courtney von Hippel.