What Types of Status Matter? Consensus, Accuracy, and Personality Antecedents of a Two-Component Model of Status
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Date
2020
Authors
Pearman, Joshua J.
Hughes, Bradley T.
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University of Oregon
Abstract
In hierarchies, people are assigned ranking based on their status and power compared to others. A person’s status is conferred based on two components: the respect and admiration that they receive from others, and how much social influence they possess (Anderson, Hildreth, & Howland, 2015). The study’s primary aim is to examine the relationship between these two components, as well as how they are related to the perceptions, personality traits, and behaviors associated with status. We have three sets of hypotheses. First, the components of respect/admiration and social influence will positively correlate with each other. Second, people in a group will achieve consensus and accuracy in their perceptions of these components of status. Third, the personality trait of extraversion will predict the attainment of respect/admiration and social influence in groups. We will also test how other individual differences predict the attainment of these components of status. These relationships were tested with the Social Relations Model. To test these hypotheses, we collected data from group interactions comprised of four to six people (N = 218). Groups collaborated on a scholarship decision-making task, where each person took turns presenting different candidates’ profiles and then the group would make a unanimous decision on how to award scholarships. While there is extensive research on the perceptions and behaviors of status, the present study seeks to supplement this research by examining how they relate to the individual components of respect/admiration and social influence.
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Status, Interpersonal Perception, Personality, Consensus, Accuracy