Prestige and Culture: A Biosocial Interpretation [and Comments and Replies]

Barkow, Jerome H.; Akiwowo, Akinsola A.; Barua, Tushar Kanti; Chance, M. R. A.; Chapple, Eliot D.; Chattopadhyay, Gouranga P.; Freedman, Daniel G.; Geddes, W. R.; Goswami, B. B.; Isichei, P. A. C.; Knudson, Mary S.; Manson, Spero M.; Parker, Christopher E.; Price, James E.; Sarles, Harvey B.

doi:10.1086/201619

Cited by 275 publications

(211 citation statements)

References 16 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

199

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Our studies also provide insight as to why individuals are accurate rather than self-enhancing in perceiving their status, even though status self-enhancement might boost self-esteem (e.g., Barkow, 1975): When group members engaged in status selfenhancement, they were less socially accepted-they were less liked, viewed as less enjoyable to be around, not as preferred as future work partners, and less trusted by others. The concern over maintaining belongingness in groups thus might be a driving factor in keeping individuals from forming overly positive perceptions of their status.…”

Section: Accuracy In Self-perceptions Of Statusmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…We agree that people might desire to engage in status self-enhancement to maintain their self-esteem (e.g., Barkow, 1975;Pfeffer & Cialdini, 1998). However, people also have a fundamental human need to belong and be included in social groups (Baumeister & Leary, 1995;Maslow, 1968).…”

Section: Hypothesis 2: Face-to-face Group Members Will Perceive Theirmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Given the importance of status to bolstering selfesteem (Barkow, 1975), one might expect people to be especially likely to form distorted, overly positive perceptions of their status in face-to-face groups.…”

Section: The Case For Self-enhancement In Status Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Barkow (1975) argued that individuals typically distort status-relevant information to satisfy the imperative for self-esteem. They do so by ignoring some relevant information and emphasizing other information, which allows them to believe they possess higher status than they actually do.…”

Section: The Case For Self-enhancement In Status Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Knowing your place: Self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups.

Anderson

Srivastava

Beer

et al. 2006

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

421

347

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Status is the prominence, respect, and influence individuals enjoy in the eyes of others. Theories of positive illusions suggest that individuals form overly positive perceptions of their status in face-to-face groups. In contrast, the authors argue that individuals' perceptions of their status are highly accuratethat is, they closely match the group's perception of their status-because forming overly positive status self-perceptions can damage individuals' acceptance in a group. Therefore, the authors further argue that individuals are likely to refrain from status self-enhancement to maintain their belongingness in a group. Support for their hypotheses was found in 2 studies of status in face-to-face groups, using a social relations model approach (D. A. Kenny & L. La Voie, 1984). Individuals showed high accuracy in perceiving their status and even erred on the side of being overly humble. Moreover, enhancement in status self-perceptions was associated with lower levels of social acceptance.

show abstract

Section: Accuracy In Self-perceptions Of Statusmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Hypothesis 2: Face-to-face Group Members Will Perceive Theirmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: The Case For Self-enhancement In Status Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Case For Self-enhancement In Status Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Knowing your place: Self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups.

Anderson

Srivastava

Beer

et al. 2006

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

421

347

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Tay and Diener (2011) suggested that citizens of all countries exhibit a need for respect. Generally, higher status is associated with more material resources, more social and psychological benefits, such as more respect in the eyes of others (Sherif et al, 1955), higher self-esteem (Barkow, 1975), more opportunities to access resources (Savin-Williams, 1979), and better mental and physical health (Adler et al, 2000;Marmot, 2004).…”

Section: Higher-status Preferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Preference effects on friendship choice: Evidence from an online field experiment

Xie

2017

Social Science Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Realized friendship choices result from the combined forces of not only personal preferences but also opportunity structures. Thus, it is not possible to infer preference effects from observed friendship data without invoking unrealistic assumptions about opportunity structures. In this paper, we report a study, based on an online field experiment, demonstrating the role of preference in friendship choice. Specifically, we test the influences of preferences in two dimensions: (1) identity homophily --preference for other persons of the same or similar identity, and (2) status asymmetry --preference for other persons of higher social status. We empirically tested these preference effects with an online field experiment in one of the largest social network service (SNS) websites in China. The results of our study confirm the preference effects on friendship choice in both of the two dimensions we tested.

show abstract

Status in organizations: where evolutionary theory ranks

Waldron

1998

Manage. Decis. Econ.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper briefly examines status amongst individuals in contemporary workplace organizations from an evolutionary perspective. The core thesis of this paper is that social and cultural explanations for status fail to adequately explain the pervasiveness of status in organizational contexts. An evolutionary perspective on status is introduced, which explicitly includes biological as well as social and cultural factors in an explanation of the pervasiveness of the construct. This approach is supported by a brief discussion of the evidence converging on the role of biological factors impacting upon status, and discussion of the possibilities for an evolutionary approach to research on status in organizations. An example is also provided of the type of new research that an evolutionary approach can generate. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

show abstract

Prestige and Culture: A Biosocial Interpretation [and Comments and Replies]

Cited by 275 publications

References 16 publications

Knowing your place: Self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups.

Knowing your place: Self-perceptions of status in face-to-face groups.

Preference effects on friendship choice: Evidence from an online field experiment

Status in organizations: where evolutionary theory ranks

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About