Stanford Sociology Technical Reports and Working Papers, 1961-1993

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Browsing Stanford Sociology Technical Reports and Working Papers, 1961-1993 by Author "Berger, Joseph"

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    A Bibliography of Expectation States Research
    (2015-08-15) Berger, Joseph; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    This bibliography is a revised and expanded version of working paper 100.
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    Consistent and Inconsistent Social Characteristics and the Determination of Power and Prestige Orders
    (2015-08-06) Berger, Joseph; Fisek, M. Hamit
    The work reported here was significant in the generalization of the first theory of status characteristics and expectation states (Technical Report #12 and Berger et al., 1966). The first theory could only account for status generalization from a single characteristic; this paper reports experimental results for two status characteristics. Experimental data showed that the characteristics combined, which was incorporated in the theoretical extension to two characteristics published by Berger et al. (1974).
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    Directions in Expectation States Research
    (Stanford University Press, 1988) Berger, Joseph
    This WP was prepared for a conference on the current state and future prospects for status and expectations research. It summarizes theoretical and empirical investigations, and describes the present structure of the program. The author published this WP (1988).
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    Distributive Justice: A Status Value Formulation
    (2015-07-29) Berger, Joseph; Zelditch, Morris Jr; Anderson, Bo; Cohen, Bernard P
    The authors present a theory of distributive justice, feelings that a distribution of benefits and burdens to particular individuals is right and proper. They distinguish local systems and referential structures, and the theory predicts that perceived justice obtains when relations in the local system reflect relations in the referential structure.
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    Do Sociological Theories Grow?
    (2015-08-15) Wagner, David G; Berger, Joseph
    The authors claim that theoretical growth is often obscured by a narrow definition of “growth,” one that emphasizes only empirical support for a unit theory. They introduce the idea of theoretical research programs, distinguish five types of growth in in them, and illustrate the types with examples. This is the final technical report. It is dated September 1983.
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    Evaluations and the Formation and Maintenance of Performance Expectations
    (2015-07-28) Berger, Joseph; Conner, Thomas L; McKeown, William L.
    The authors elaborate the theory and model presented inTechnical Report 18 on the formation and maintenance of performance expectation states in task groups, and their effects on group structure and interaction. The main theoretical topic here is the unit evaluation process in interaction that leads to expectation formation. New predictions are tested in three-person groups and show good confirmation. Of interest to expectation states researchers, the experiment (1) had three participants per group; (2) used continuous disagreement for 40 trials after the first two trials; (3) randomized the starting number of the slides to reduce inter-trial dependency; (4) is the first Technical Report to use the Spatial Judgment task developed by Moore (Technical Report 15); and (5) used near-veridical slides to control the unit evaluation process.
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    Expectation States Theory: The Status of a Research Program
    (2015-08-15) Berger, Joseph; Wagner, David G; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    This technical report updates the theoretical developments and empirical research in the program since the review by Berger, Rosenholtz, and Zelditch (1980).
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    Expectations, Theory, and Group Processes
    (Social Psychology Quarterly, 1992) Berger, Joseph
    The author describes his career and the growth of the Expectation States research program. This talk was delivered when Joseph Berger received the Cooley-Mead Award from the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association in 1991. This WP was published by the author (1992).
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    Multi-Characteristic Status Situations and the Determination of Power and Prestige Order
    (2015-08-06) Berger, Joseph; Fisek, M. Hamit; Crosbie, Paul V
    This technical report builds on the research reported in Technical Report 32. It reports a second experiment investigating how two status characteristics affect expectations and power and prestige. The theoretical goal was to further compare predictions based on combining all status information and predictions based on "balancing" or ignoring some information. The combining assumption was later incorporated in the general theory.
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    Participation in Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Groups: A Theoretical Integration
    (The American Journal of Sociology, 1991) Fisek, M. Hamit; Berger, Joseph; Norman, Robert Z.
    The authors define a behavior interchange pattern that can affect performance expectation states and behavior. This WP was published by the authors (1991).
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    Paths of Consistent and Inconsistent Status Information and the Induction of Relevance
    (2015-08-15) Berger, Joseph; Wagner, David G
    The concern is to determine the process by which directly relevant, and inversely relevant characteristics function to affect expectation states. Results of a four-condition experiment showed that dissimilarity alone of the relevance bond among characteristics had no effect on the generalization process. In other words, characteristics were simply combined as was shown previously for the simpler situation (Technical Reports 32 and 35).
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    Performance Expectation and Behavior in Small Groups
    (2015-07-29) Berger, Joseph; Conner, Thomas L
    This is a revision of Technical Report 18.
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    Performance Expectations and Behavior in Small Groups
    (2015-07-21) Berger, Joseph; Conner, Thomas L.
    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 different behaviors and their relations to estimates of ability and choices for leadership among group members. It is the first full exposition of this theory, as well as of the now-standard analysis of interaction patterns and how they lead to expectation states and then maintain patterns of the states and of inequality. This Technical Report was revised as Technical Report #31.
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    Processing Status Information
    (JAI Press, 1992) Balkwell, James W.; Berger, Joseph; Webster, Murray Jr.; Nelson-Kilger, Max; Cashen, Jacqueline
    The authors compare variant formulations (different from those considered in 1990-1) for predicting the processing of status information. The main competitor considered argued that highly relevant information would eliminate effects of less relevant information. Results from a vignette study confirmed predictions of the original status theory and disconfirmed predictions of the competing theory. This WP was published by the authors (1992).
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    Programs, Theory, and Metatheory
    (2017-08-16) Wagner, David G.; Berger, Joseph
    The authors respond to two critiques of their article “Do Sociological Theories Grow?” (1985). This WP is a somewhat longer version of their published responses (1986).
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    A Revised Bibliography of Expectation States Research
    (2017-08-16) Berger, Joseph; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    As titled. This WP is a revision and expansion of TR#67. Berger, Wagner, and Webster (2014) provide a newer, although focused, view of the program.
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    Some Logical Consequences of the Status Characteristics Theory
    (2015-08-15) Humphreys, Paul; Berger, Joseph
    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 and task behavior. Others relate to ways that group structures preserve or reduce inequality.
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    Stability of Organizational Status Structures
    (2015-07-14) Zelditch, Morris Jr; Berger, Joseph; Cohen, Bernard P
    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, organizational stability is weakened.
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    Status Characteristics and Expectation States
    (2015-07-19) Berger, Joseph; Cohen, Bernard P.; Zelditch, Morris Jr.
    This is the first statement of the theory of status characteristics and expectation states and a form of the manuscipt was published by the authors (1966). The theory generalizes the theory of performance expectations first presented in TR#1. The theory was generalized two more times. Webster and Driskell (1978) describe the development in successive formulations of this theory
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    Status Characteristics and Expectation States: A Process Model
    (2015-07-21) Berger, Joseph; Cohen, Bernard P.; Conner, Thomas L.; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    This technical report describes how status inequality can produce similar inequality of expectation states, and how the interaction process is affected by the status generalization process. It elaborates some ideas in the model from Technical Report #1, though with considerable additions and modifications.