The Effects of Status and Group Membership Modeled in a Graph-Theoretic Setting

Abstract

This paper examines social influence in collective task settings using the Berger, Fisek, Norman and Zelditch's graph-theoretic method. The work examines in-group membership in task settings, and models contexts where both status processes and group membership are salient. At the core of these models is a theoretical concept called a group status typification state, defined as an abstract understanding that participants hold of the type of person who would be a good source of information. This paper builds upon recent theory and research and may serve as an initial step toward integration of Status Characteristics Theory and Social Identity Theory.

Citation

Barnum, C. (2005), "The Effects of Status and Group Membership Modeled in a Graph-Theoretic Setting", Thye, S.R. and Lawler, E.J. (Ed.) Social Identification in Groups (Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 22), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0882-6145(05)22005-2