Procedure and measures. The Control condition instructed participants to hire a candidate to maximize profits, exactly as in Study 1. The Supervisee condition and Subordinate condition instructions (distinguished by a slash in parentheses) were as follows: “In this study we are asking people to imagine that they are an employer who is looking at applications from two different people who are applying for [a job/two jobs]. You will hire [one person/both people] so you must decide which one should be hired to be [supervised /supervised by the other].Astheemployer,yourgoalistochoosewhichoneshouldbe[supervised/the subordinate(supervised)].Theotherone[willnotbehired/willbethesupervisor]. Your task is quite difficult because these have similar qualifications and neither has any previous experience in this kind of job. But both people completed a psychometric questionnaire about their interests, skills and abilities, and this has given you a profile of ways in which each candidate is distinctive from the other. Using this information your task is to select which person should hired to be [supervised/subordinate (supervised)]. The other one will [not be hired/ be the supervisor]. To keep these names anonymous, we have labeled candidates with letters (Person A, and Person B) rather than providing actual names. Your task is to decide whether Person A or Person B should be the one who should be [hired to be supervised /subordinate (supervised)]. Click next to view the profile of each candidate.”