Journal article
Accentuate The Positive: Positive Sentiments And Status In Task Groups
Social psychology quarterly, Vol.70(1), pp.7-26
03/2007
DOI: 10.1177/019027250707000104
Abstract
We explore the capacity of positive sentiments, those enduring affective states one achieves when one likes another, to impact status structures. Do positive sentiments combine with existing aspects of interaction to create status hierarchies and potentially change the social order, or do they moderate the effects of extant structure by dampening the magnitude of status differences? Using the theoretical framework of Status Characteristics Theory (SCT) and the Camilleri-Berger model of decision-making, we designed an experiment to adjudicate between these two potentialities. Participation in the study consisted of 168 students. Results found support for the notion that positive sentiments moderate the effects of structural factors on indicators of social status; interestingly, this moderation effect varies by gender. We discuss the theoretical implications of these findings, and new directions for research concerning sentiment and status processes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Accentuate The Positive: Positive Sentiments And Status In Task Groups
- Creators
- Alison J. Bianchi - Kent State UniversityDonna A. Lancianese - Kent State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social psychology quarterly, Vol.70(1), pp.7-26
- DOI
- 10.1177/019027250707000104
- ISSN
- 0190-2725
- eISSN
- 1939-8999
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2007
- Academic Unit
- Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306239002771
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