Despite strong evidence that task group status hierarchy instability is dysfunctional, little research has considered … hierarchy that is expressed as status conflict in the contexts of groups with varying levels of consensus about the status … hierarchy. We find that group hierarchies are least stable when there is both a high level of status conflict and low consensus …

hierarchy is so pervasive across groups and organizations. We argue that status and power are two distinct and important bases … of hierarchical differentiation, and we integrate a number of different literatures to explain why status and power … psychologically such that they think and act in ways that lead to the acquisition and retention of power. Status, related to the …

individuals’ sociometric status (e.g., status conferrals based on positive interpersonal affect and perceived competence, and … status degradations based on negative interpersonal affect) and their attempts to directly control their peers’ behaviour … over a year's time. Results show that multiple informal sociometric status hierarchies develop early in the organization …

identify with, individuals appreciate high social status and a group stereotype to which they have a small social distance. A … group's social status and stereotype are shaped by the (exogenous) individual attributes of its members and hence endogenous … individuals with attributes that contribute little to group status would like to join high-status groups, thereby diluting the …

In a laboratory experiment we test the interaction effects of status and group identity on interpersonal trust. Natural … group identity is generated by school affiliation. Status (expert or agent) is awarded based on relative performance in a … the disadvantaged group that nevertheless achieve the status of expert) trust less both in-group and out-group trustees …

ventures together in teams. In this paper we test whether the effect of more balanced skills is also positive in a team of … specialists within one team. Our field experiment studies teams of children participating in an entrepreneurship education program … results show that balanced skills are beneficial to team performance, and that it is hard to substitute individual balanced …

What is the effect of dispersed levels of cognitive ability of members of a (business) team on their teamś performance … under identical circumstances. We ensured exogenous variation in - otherwise random - team composition by assigning students … to teams based on their measured cognitive abilities (Raven test). Each team performs a variety of tasks, often involving …