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Status Conditions of Self Evaluation
(2015-07-28)
The authors develop a theory of structural and interactional factors involved in processes by which evaluations from others can affect one’s self-evaluation. The theory defines an effective “source” of evaluations, and ...
Performance Expectations and Behavior in Small Groups
(2015-07-21)
This Technical Report presents the theoretical account for relations among power and prestige behaviors in small groups and performance expectation states. It explains, among other things, the high correlations among several ...
Expectation States Theory: The Status of a Research Program
(2015-08-15)
This technical report updates the theoretical developments and empirical research in the program since the review by Berger, Rosenholtz, and Zelditch (1980).
Some Logical Consequences of the Status Characteristics Theory
(2015-08-15)
Humphreys, a logician,and Berger, a sociological theorist, derive five theorems from the theory in Berger et al. (1977). Some of the theorems formally account for the link of status inequality to inequality in group structure ...
Status Organizing Processes
(2015-08-15)
The authors review theoretical and empirical work related to the theory of status characteristics and expectation states to this date,1980.
The Transfer of Status Expectations
(2015-08-15)
The authors investigate transfer of a status intervention—introducing a specific status characteristic to reduce expectation effects of a diffuse status characteristic—across tasks and interactants. Experimental results ...
A Bibliography of Expectation States Research
(2015-08-15)
This bibliography is a revised and expanded version of working paper 100.
Stability of Organizational Status Structures
(2015-07-14)
The authors develop theoretical foundation for ideas in earlier technical reports and elsewhere on status consistency, focusing on effects for organizations. When inconsistent ranks of individuals and jobs become salient, ...
A Stochastic Theory for Self-Other Expectations
(2015-07-06)
This technical report introduces the concept of self-other expectations (Joseph Berger’s [1958] dissertation also includes that term, although defined slightly differently), and develops propositions about their behavioral ...