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Status Generalization

Status Generalization is a theoretical framework in sociology and social psychology that explains how individuals' positions in social hierarchies based on diffuse status characteristics (such as race, gender, or socioeconomic background) are generalized to influence expectations, influence, and resource distribution within small groups, even when those characteristics are irrelevant to task performance.

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52

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27

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2017–2026

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Publications

35

Beauty as Status

Murray Webster, James E. Driskell · American Journal of Sociology · 1983 · 310 citations

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Status Generalization: New Theory and Research.

Barbara F. Meeker, Murray Webster, Martha Foschi · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1989 · 293 citations

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Status and Influence in Small Group Interactions

James C. Moore · Sociometry · 1968 · 170 citations

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Eliminating Status Generalization

Lee Freese, Bernard P. Cohen · Sociometry · 1973 · 112 citations

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Overview of status generalization.

Murray Webster, Martha Foschi · 1988 · 62 citations

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Authors

52

  1. MW
    Murray Webster

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    6 publications · 774 citations

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  2. JS
    Jane Sell

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  3. MF
    Martha Foschi

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    3 publications · 393 citations

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  4. MM
    Michael Martin

    Leipzig University, Germany

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. SL
    Scott L. Feld

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  2. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    110 citations

  3. Gonzaga University

    Spokane, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  4. Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Cleveland State University

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Social Psychology Quarterly

    SPQ · 5 publications · 142 citations

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  2. Social Forces

    SF · 5 publications · 150 citations

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  3. Sociometry

    3 publications · 316 citations

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  4. Sociological Perspectives

    SP · 2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 2 publications · 345 citations

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