Translating Lessons from Status Characteristics and Expectation States Theory to Survey Methods

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Bianca Manago
Keyword(s):  
Survey Methods ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
Expectation States Theory

Status characteristics and expectation states theory: A priori model parameters and test

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hamit Fisek ◽  
Robert Norman ◽  
Max Nelson-Kilger
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
Expectation States Theory

Can You Really Study an Army on the Internet? Comparing How Status Tasks Perform in the Laboratory and Online Settings

2021 ◽  
pp. 008117502110142
Author(s):  
Bianca Manago ◽  
Trenton D. Mize ◽  
Long Doan
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
The Status ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
Status Differences

Laboratory experiments have a long history within sociology, with their ability to test causality and their utility for directly observing behavior providing key advantages. One influential social psychological field, status characteristics and expectation states theory, has almost exclusively used laboratory experiments to test the theory. Unfortunately, laboratory experiments are resource intensive, requiring a research pool, laboratory space, and considerable amounts of time. For these and other reasons, social scientists are increasingly exploring the possibility of moving experiments from the lab to an online platform. Despite the advantages of the online setting, the transition from the lab is challenging, especially when studying behavior. In this project, we develop methods to translate the traditional status characteristics experimental setting from the laboratory to online. We conducted parallel laboratory and online behavioral experiments using three tasks from the status literature, comparing each task’s ability to differentiate on the basis of status distinctions. The tasks produce equivalent results in the online and laboratory environment; however, not all tasks are equally sensitive to status differences. Finally, we provide more general guidance on how to move vital aspects of laboratory studies, such as debriefing, suspicion checks, and scope condition checks, to the online setting.

A Critique of Expectation States Theory

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. David Knottnerus
Keyword(s):  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Status Characteristics Theory ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
Functionalist Theory ◽  
Information Processing Perspective ◽  
Active Research

Expectation states theory and one of its major branches, status characteristics theory, have been some of the most active research programs within sociological social psychology in recent years. Unfortunately, little attention has been given to the theoretical assumptions underlying these programs and the way social cognition and status generalization are depicted. It is argued that structural functionalist theory and the information processing perspective, especially attribution theory, have exerted major influences on expectation states/status characteristics theory. This has resulted in unique conceptualizations of cognition, generalization, and status stereotypes colored by mechanistic and, in certain cases, rationalistic assumptions concerning the ways actors process information. Consideration of alternative ways of conceptualizing these issues reveals certain limitations in the theory's formulations. The need for further research and theory development is discussed.

Coworker feedback seeking and feedback environment in China: An expectation states theory approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenxing Gong ◽  
Mengshuang Liu ◽  
Di Xin ◽  
Faheem Gul Gilal ◽  
Kui Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design And Technology ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Feedback Environment ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

We empirically explored the impact of feedback seeking, including feedback inquiry and monitoring, on the coworker feedback environment via coworker identification. Participants were 264 employees who worked in research and development, design, and technology sectors of industrial enterprises in China. The results indicated that feedback monitoring, feedback inquiry, and coworker identification were all positively related to the coworker feedback environment after controlling for the effects of demographic variables. Further, coworker identification fully mediated the relationship between feedback inquiry/monitoring and the coworker feedback environment. Our findings expand understanding of the feedback loop by bridging the gap between coworker feedback seeking and the coworker feedback environment. We recommend that coworkers encourage employees' feedback-seeking behavior so that the workplace feedback environment motivates them to ask for the help they need to work independently.

The Effects of Expertise and Social Status on Team Member Influence and the Moderating Roles of Intragroup Conflicts

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woonki Hong ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Kwangwook Gang ◽  
Boreum Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Team Projects ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
Team Project ◽  
Do So

Drawing on expectation states theory and expertise utilization literature, we examine the effects of team members’ actual expertise and social status on the degree of influence they exert over team processes via perceived expertise. We also explore the conditions under which teams rely on perceived expertise versus social status in determining influence relationships in teams. To do so, we present a contingency model in which the salience of expertise and social status depends on the types of intragroup conflicts. Using multiwave survey data from 50 student project teams with 320 members at a large national research institute located in South Korea, we found that both actual expertise and social status had direct and indirect effects on member influence through perceived expertise. Furthermore, perceived expertise at the early stage of team projects is driven by social status, whereas perceived expertise at the later stage of a team project is mainly driven by actual expertise. Finally, we found that members who are being perceived as experts are more influential when task conflict is high or when relationship conflict is low. We discuss the implications of these findings for research and practice.

Expectation States Theory: Growth, Opportunities and Challenges

2014 ◽  
pp. 19-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Berger ◽  
David G. Wagner ◽  
Murray Webster
Keyword(s):  
Growth Opportunities ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Expectation States Theory

scholarly journals Family Business Succession in Different National Contexts: A Fuzzy-Set QCA Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6309 ◽  
Author(s):  
José António Porfírio ◽  
Tiago Carrilho ◽  
Joseph Hassid ◽  
Ricardo Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Succession Plan ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

Family business succession is a key topic that has attracted considerable attention from researchers, especially in the last decade. Most research, however, is based on case studies with limited applicability and fails to present comparisons across international contexts that highlight differences in succession processes. We apply expectation states theory to analyze a sample of 128 observations in two Southern European countries, Portugal and Greece. We study configurations of successors’ characteristics, family business characteristics, the existence (or absence) of a succession plan, and successors’ motivation to succeed. Our aim is to reveal how these issues affect successors’ perceptions of preparation for succession using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Family businesses are a dominant organizational form all over the world, and succession issues are critical for the sustainability of family businesses. Our findings suggest that different configurations of conditions influence successors’ perceptions of preparation for family business succession. Moreover, we verify the influence of cultural differences on these processes. This research helps fill a gap in the literature, showing the role of a set of characteristics in successors’ perceptions of preparation for family business succession. Our conclusions provide insight into the types of policies that can promote successful family business succession.

Status Characteristics and Expectation States: Fitting and Testing a Recent Model

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fox ◽  
James C. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Recent Model ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
Status Characteristics
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