Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as more appropriate for one gender than the other. In this paper, I examine gender...
In this dissertation, I use an extension of status characteristics theory--the theory of double standards--to investigate whether and to what extent race activates the use of differential standards in the evaluation of objectively measured task-re...
The current technological and economic transformations spurred by globalization are having detrimental effects on White rural communities’ social status. The status-power theory of social relations predicts that status insufficiency results in neg...
Abstract Task cues are indications of how an individual in a task group thinks they will perform at the group’s task (Berger et al. 1986). Prior research (Conner 1977; Ridgeway et al. 1985) has shown that status characteristics influence the produ...
Sociology, Social psychology, Social sciences--Research
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CORNELL DUBOSE. Understanding the Influence of Socialization Sources During the Adaptation to the College Experience. (Under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Stearns)Every year in the United States, thousands of young adults start their college care...
