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Status and Identity Pivot Points in Social Interaction

Christopher D. Moore ^☆

Christabel L. Rogalin

Advances in Group Processes

ISBN: 978-1-78635-042-8, eISBN: 978-1-78635-041-1

Publication date: 13 July 2016

Abstract

Purpose

Identifies where status and identity processes converge in social interaction and when one process may become more consequential than the other.

Methodology/approach

Drawing upon existing experimental data, we illustrate how affect control theory and status characteristics theory make seemingly contradictory predictions in certain limited interactions and propose a theoretical framework to potentially reconcile these differences.

Findings

Three pivot points are identified at which status and identity processes meet and then one of the processes more strongly predicts interaction outcomes.

Research limitations/implications

The chapter represents a starting point for future research examining situations where status and identity processes converge.

Originality/value

We suggest ways to empirically test related claims made by both theories in an array of circumstances.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge Lynn Smith-Lovin and Dawn T. Robinson for contributions they made to earlier versions of this manuscript. We would like to thank Cheryl Deleon, Carla Pfeffer, Shane Soboroff, Rachel Steffens, Shane Thye, and our anonymous reviewers for comments on previous drafts. An earlier version of this chapter was presented at the 2004 Southern Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, along with Lynn Smith-Lovin and Dawn T. Robinson. This research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (SES 0111291) awarded to Dawn T. Robinson and Lynn Smith-Lovin. We would like to thank the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Purdue University, North Central for their financial support of this project.

Citation

Moore, C.D. and Rogalin, C.L. (2016), "Status and Identity Pivot Points in Social Interaction", Advances in Group Processes (Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0882-614520160000033006

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited