Self-Initiated Status Transfer: A Theory of Status Gain and Status Loss  

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Kelaita, Robert De ; Munroe, Paul T. ; Tootell, Geoffrey

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Small Group Research vol. 32 no. 4 (2008), page 406-425.
Fulltext: 406.pdf (117.34KB)

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In collectively oriented task groups in which people are differentiated on status, the status characteristics tend to determine the relative power and prestige position of the group members. The current study suggests that it may be possible for a task group member, using his or her association with an accepted higher status “source,” to influence other members of an equal status group. The authors examine influence patterns in task groups when one group member is associated with a higher status person or source. Forty undergraduate students participated in a standardized experiment in which both the participants and their partners were equally low in status. Results indicate that being associated with a high-status, high-ability non–group member raises the status of an otherwise low-status partner.

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