This seventh volume of Research on Managing Groups and Teams examines the effects of status on individuals and groups. At the most basic level status describes the rank of individuals or groups within a specified context. It refers to the prestige hierarchy which determines, which individuals or...

We attempt to resolve the seemingly contradictory findings that leaders in teams sometimes advance team outcomes and in other instances thwart performance. In two experiments, we examined the information sharing patterns of team leaders and their impact on decision quality. Contrary to previous...

In this paper we report the results of three experimental studies designed to test how demographic characteristics affect outsiders' assessments of a firm's top managers. We draw on theories of evaluation, status characteristics, and social identity to examine the interactive effects of...