Who Attains Status? Similarities and Differences Across Social Contexts
Who Attains Status? Similarities and Differences Across Social Contexts
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DOI：
10.1177/1948550615580171
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发表时间：
2015-08-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Back, Mitja D.
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作者：
DesJardins, Nicole M. Lawless;Srivastava, Sanjay;Back, Mitja D.
非正式群体形成等级制度，分配社会地位，以协调行动，作出集体决定。虽然研究人员已经确定了倾向于获得地位的人的特征，但这些特征在多大程度上取决于环境尚不清楚。在两项研究中，来自美国（N = 157）和德国（N = 95）的参与者参与了从属或竞争性群体互动。我们调查了小组任务的性质是否调节了地位获得和人格之间的关系。与之前的研究一样，我们发现，在竞争性和亲和性环境中，外倾性都能预测地位。与此相反，宜人性只与从属性背景下的地位有关。这些发现强调了在背景下研究人格和社会地位之间关系的重要性。
Informal groups form hierarchies and allocate social status in order to coordinate action and make collective decisions. Although researchers have identified characteristics of people who tend to get status, the extent to which these characteristics are context-dependent is unclear. In two studies, participants from the United States (N = 157) and Germany (N = 95) engaged in affiliative or competitive group interactions. We investigated whether the nature of the group's task moderated the relationship between status attainment and personality. As in previous research, we found that extraversion predicted status in both competitive and affiliative contexts. In contrast, agreeableness was only associated with status in affiliative contexts. These findings underscore the importance of examining the relationship between personality and social status in context.