Abstract
Status characteristics and expectation states theory is concerned with the processes whereby status differentials activate performance expectations and with the effect of these expectations on behavior. The relative contributions of status and expectations to behavior have not been clearly established in previous primary-level studies. Moreover, researchers working within alternative perspectives on interaction inequality have argued that expectations are a superfluous epiphenomenon of behavior. A meta-analytic integration was therefore conducted on previous research that has examined the status expectations - behavior pattern of effects. Consistent with the formulations of the theory, the results indicate that status exerts its effects on behavior indirectly, through the effects of status on expectations and the effect of expectations on behavior.
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EpiphenomenonPsychologySocial psychologyEpistemology
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- 16
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- 541-553
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James E. Driskell,
Brian Mullen
(1990).
Status, Expectations, and Behavior.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
, 16
(3)
, 541-553.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167290163012
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- 10.1177/0146167290163012