Journal article
Power, Status, and Affect Control
Sociological focus (Kent, Ohio), Vol.40(2), pp.202-220
05/01/2007
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2007.10571306
Abstract
Power, status, and the evaluation, potency, and activity dimensions of affect control theory may be interrelated to a degree allowing for bridges between these theories. This paper makes two preliminary hypotheses: (1) Occupational power will significantly predict occupational status and (2) The potency of an occupation will significantly predict the power of the occupation. Two reliable scales developed from theories of power and status tap respondents' assessment of the power and status of various occupations. Two samples of undergraduates at a large Midwestern university rate the power and status of different but overlapping lists of occupations. Results are consistent across samples and support both hypotheses. Regression analyses produce coefficients establishing affect control theory's EPA (evaluation, potency, and activity) profiles for the fundamental concepts of power from network exchange theory and status from status characteristics theory. These profiles may be useful for theoretical development bridging fundamental theories of group processes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Power, Status, and Affect Control
- Creators
- Christabel L. Rogalin - University of IowaShane D. Soboroff - University of IowaMichael J. Lovaglia - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sociological focus (Kent, Ohio), Vol.40(2), pp.202-220
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/00380237.2007.10571306
- ISSN
- 0038-0237
- eISSN
- 2162-1128
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2007
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306238902771
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