Book chapter
THE STATUS VALUE OF AGE AND GENDER: MODELING COMBINED EFFECTS OF DIFFUSE STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
Advances in Group Processes, pp.81-101
Advances in Group Processes, 34, Emerald Group Publishing
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1108/S0882-614520170000034004
Abstract
Purpose - To determine the age at which influence peaks for men and women at work, then use empirical data to develop procedures predicting complex combining effects of diffuse status characteristics.
Methodology/approach - A survey experiment with a nationally representative sample is used to measure the age at which the status value of men and women at work reaches a maximum. Research results are then incorporated into equations adapted from current status characteristics theory (SCT) procedures to model the combined effects of age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, income, occupation, and beauty.
Findings - Analyses reveal that the status value of men and women reaches a maximum in middle age, and that women reach a maximum status value at work at an earlier age than men.
Research limitations/implications - This approach maintains core assumptions of SCT and uses ongoing research results to calibrate a model predicting complex combining effects of diffuse status characteristics. Limitations include the need to develop additional empirical constants to make predictions in new research settings.
Practical implications - Predictions from the model can be used in hiring situations to adjust for interviewers' nonconscious expectations related to status characteristics of job applicants.
Social implications - The disadvantage for women at work that increases through mid-career helps to explain the continuing underrepresentation of women in senior leadership positions. Awareness of the impact of socially valued characteristics like age and gender can help individuals respond more effectively to challenging social situations.
Originality/value - Extend the current SCT model to make predictions in contexts where people are being evaluated such as elections, hiring, and promotions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- THE STATUS VALUE OF AGE AND GENDER: MODELING COMBINED EFFECTS OF DIFFUSE STATUS CHARACTERISTICS
- Creators
- Michael J. Lovaglia - Univ Iowa, Dept Sociol, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAShane D. Soboroff - St Ambrose Univ, Dept Sociol & Criminal Justice, Davenport, IA USAChristopher P. Kelley - US Airforce Acad, Dept Behav Sci & Leadership, Colorado Springs, CO USAChristabel L. Rogalin - Purdue Univ Northwest, Dept Behav Sci, Hammond, IN USAJeffrey W. Lucas - Univ Maryland, Dept Sociol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
- Contributors
- Shane R Thye (Editor)Edward J Lawler (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Advances in Group Processes, pp.81-101
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; BINGLEY
- Series
- Advances in Group Processes; 34
- DOI
- 10.1108/S0882-614520170000034004
- ISSN
- 0882-6145
- Number of pages
- 21
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305974902771
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