Examining the connection between position-based power and social status across 70 cultures
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F25%3A00618278" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/25:00618278 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjso.12871" target="_blank" >https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjso.12871</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12871" target="_blank" >10.1111/bjso.12871</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Examining the connection between position-based power and social status across 70 cultures
Original language description
Even in the most egalitarian societies, hierarchies of power and status shape social life. However, power and received status are not synonymous-individuals in positions of power may or may not be accorded the respect corresponding to their role. Using a cooperatively collected dataset from 18,096 participants across 70 cultures, we investigate, through a survey-based correlational design, when perceived position-based power (operationalized as influence and control) of various powerholders is associated with their elevated social status (operationalized as perceived respect and instrumental social value). We document that the positive link between power and status characterizes most cultural regions, except for WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) and Post-Soviet regions. The strength of this association depends on individual and cultural factors. First, the perceived other-orientation of powerholders amplifies the positive link between perceived power and status. The perceived self-orientation of powerholders weakens this relationship. Second, among cultures characterized by low Self-Expression versus Harmony (e.g., South Korea, Taiwan), high Embeddedness (e.g., Senegal), and high Cultural Tightness (e.g., Malaysia), the association between power and status tends to be particularly strong. The results underline the importance of both individual perceptions and societal values in how position-based power relates to social status.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
British Journal of Social Psychology
ISSN
0144-6665
e-ISSN
2044-8309
Volume of the periodical
64
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
50
Pages from-to
e12871
UT code for WoS article
001437067500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-86000447105