We study a population of first year midshipmen within an elite military academy to explore the relationship between 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's life and remain remarkably stable. Control attempts are driven by these status hierarchies: Lower competence status individuals and those who attract negative status degradations are targeted for control by more people early in the group's life, those relatively free of negative status degradations attempt to control greater numbers of others throughout the group's existence, while higher positive status is generally unrelated to control attempts. However, control attempts do not lead to higher future sociometric status, suggesting they are not status signals. Findings also show that individuals targeted for control by many others leave the organization entirely.

Sociometric Status and Peer Control Attempts: A Multiple Status Hierarchies Approach / de Klepper, M. C.; Labianca, G.; Sleebos, E.; Agneessens, F.. - In: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. - ISSN 1467-6486. - 54:1(2017), pp. 1-31. [10.1111/joms.12242]

Sociometric Status and Peer Control Attempts: A Multiple Status Hierarchies Approach

Agneessens F.
2017-01-01

Abstract

We study a population of first year midshipmen within an elite military academy to explore the relationship between 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's life and remain remarkably stable. Control attempts are driven by these status hierarchies: Lower competence status individuals and those who attract negative status degradations are targeted for control by more people early in the group's life, those relatively free of negative status degradations attempt to control greater numbers of others throughout the group's existence, while higher positive status is generally unrelated to control attempts. However, control attempts do not lead to higher future sociometric status, suggesting they are not status signals. Findings also show that individuals targeted for control by many others leave the organization entirely.
2017
1
de Klepper, M. C.; Labianca, G.; Sleebos, E.; Agneessens, F.
Sociometric Status and Peer Control Attempts: A Multiple Status Hierarchies Approach / de Klepper, M. C.; Labianca, G.; Sleebos, E.; Agneessens, F.. - In: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. - ISSN 1467-6486. - 54:1(2017), pp. 1-31. [10.1111/joms.12242]
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Status_and_Informal_Peer_Control_JMS.pdf

Open Access dal 01/02/2019

Tipologia: Post-print referato (Refereed author’s manuscript)
Licenza: Tutti i diritti riservati (All rights reserved)
Dimensione 644.87 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
644.87 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
joms.12242.pdf

Solo gestori archivio

Tipologia: Versione editoriale (Publisher’s layout)
Licenza: Tutti i diritti riservati (All rights reserved)
Dimensione 270.38 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
270.38 kB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11572/247308
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 19
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 17
social impact