We argue that the properties of status hierarchies, independent of the positions actors
occupy within them, have important effects on the degree of inequality in material rewards …

Status, which is based on differences in esteem and honor, is an ancient and universal form
of inequality which nevertheless interpenetrates modern institutions and organizations …

Despite a long history in social sciences such as anthropology and sociology, status has not
received its deserved status in psychology and related domains such as management. This …

The pursuit of social status is a recurrent and pervasive challenge faced by individuals in all
human societies. Yet, the precise means through which individuals compete for and …

Research on status beliefs demonstrates that judgments of status are not always universally
shared and are shaped by social structural factors. Building on this literature, I introduce the …

Scholars have long debated the impact of status hierarchies on group welfare. On the one
hand, functionalist accounts posit that the status hierarchies that emerge within groups …

Status inequality and social stratification cause much social ill. So why do status hierarchies
pervade societies and social groups? One possible explanation lies in the individual desire …

How do apparently nominal social differences between people become status differences?
A society's status distinctions have social histories after all. While some status distinctions in …

This article offers a formal theoretical model of the emergence of hierarchy that bridges the
division between individualistic and structuralist accounts of inequality. In the model, actors …

Jockeying and competing for higher status is an inherent feature of rank-ordered
hierarchies. Despite theoretically acknowledging rank changes within hierarchies, the extant …