Cultural determinants of status: Implications for workplace evaluations and behaviors

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-48

  Torelli, Carlos J ^a   Leslie, Lisa M ^c   Stoner, Jennifer L ^a   Puente, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Culture; Individualism and collectivism; Social hierarchy; Status; Status characteristics theory; Warmth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891152468     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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