%0 Journal Article
%T Status moves: Evaluations and effectiveness of status behaviors
%A Hee Young Kim
%A Laura E. Reitman
%A Nathan C. Pettit
%J Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
%@ 1461-7188
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1368430217716749
%X This paper examines reactions of in-group members and third-party observers to behaviors people perform to affect the status hierarchy of their group (i.e., status moves). We understand status hierarchies to be ¡°negotiated,¡± where ¡°status moves¡± are a means to negotiate the group¡¯s informal order. Results indicate that the valence (positive vs. negative) and context (initiating vs. reacting) of the status move interactively affect observers¡¯ reactions (Studies 1 and 3), and that these reactions are explained by perceptions of the actor¡¯s self- versus group concern (Studies 1¨C2 and 4) in both experimental as well as more naturalistic contexts. Specifically, initiating status moves elicit stronger reactions, with positive/negative initiating moves resulting in recommendations of greater reward/punishment and status gain/loss for the actor (Studies 1 and 3) than reacting moves. Overall, we offer a first systematic examination of status moves and how people perceive and react to them
%K interpersonal judgment
%K negotiated order
%K status
%K status moves
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1368430217716749