When Does Status Transfer between People? A Crowdsourced Experiment on the Scope of Status by Association
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11325320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Overton (0000-0002-1766-1927, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 309-330 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01902725211042313 |
| OpenAlex | W3202256214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
It is well known in social psychology that people are judged by the company they keep, but when and how does that company affect how individuals are evaluated? This article extends expectation states theory to explain associative status. The theory predicts that the status value of former coworkers will “spill over” to positively predict a person’s status position in a new task with new coworkers. A series of crowdsourced experiments finds that status spreads to a person from a former interaction partner. The status of one’s associates predicts deference behavior only when the previous and current task contexts rely on similar abilities. Meanwhile, explicitly evaluated status and performance expectations respond to the status of associates regardless of how interaction contexts are related. The present findings highlight the importance of role relationships and task contexts as moderators that regulate whether status transfers from one person to another
Affect (linguistics · Association (psychology · Cognitive psychology · Deference · Social status · Sociology · Task (project management · Value (mathematics · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |