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Ascribed status
About: Ascribed status is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 69 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2130 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors concluded that increasing participation in an achievement as opposed to an ascribed status system is a necessary precondition for increasing rates of specified forms of deviance.
Abstract: Unlike murder rates, those for suicide are increasing. This trend is historically related to increasing literacy, urbanization, and a larger middle class. Higher status and moral commitment for these persons preclude murder; suicide emerges as a manifestation of increasing numbers of persons in an insecure achieved status. Whether trends, rural-urban areas, or characteristics of individual cases are compared, there is basis for concluding that increasing participation in an achievement as opposed to an ascribed status system is a necessary precondition for increasing rates of specified forms of deviance. The relationships, however, depend on the proportion of persons in the various status positions of the population and the stresses and strains that are subjectively experienced. Conceptually, it appears that stresses of a status position induce varying orientations to society (subcultural norms as intervening variables) which in turn facilitate or inhibit certain types of deviance. Differential rates of homicide and suicide are the direct effects of variations in these normative orientations. disputes where assailant or victim own land 35 and neither own 13 per cent vs. 12 and 14 per cent (N=84, 38 vs. 51, 21, combining "own" and "neither own" for Kandyan and Ceylon Tamil, x2=l3.12, 2 d.f., P<.05).
813 citations
TL;DR: In a study of family instability, a sample of 150 individuals were interviewed who were recently involved in a divorce action, and the incidence of reported intra-family violence was fifteen percent as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In order to conduct a study of family instability, a sample of 150 individuals were interviewed who were recently involved in a divorce action. The incidence of reported intrafamily violence was fifteen percent. The violent behavior was primarily delivered by husbands who were characteristically underachievers in the work/earner role and who were deficient in certain status characteristics relative to their wives. This was interpreted .as a special form of status inconsistency, whereby the superior ascribed status category of person (husband-male) was deficient in achieved status characteristics. This was taken as evidence that violence in the family may have an etiology similar to that in the larger society, with violent behavior most often involving the use of coercive force by members of a superordinate status at times when they find their stature threatened.
191 citations
TL;DR: The servant role, it is argued in this article, is obsolete in modern society and it is in essence rooted in ascribed status, particularistic standards, and diffuse obligations, and the master's family "greedily" attempts to absorb the total personality of the servant, and ties him to the household in a totalistic manner.
Abstract: The servant role, it is argued, is obsolete in modern society. Even when formally based on contract, it is in essence rooted in ascribed status, particularistic standards, and diffuse obligations. The master's family "greedily" attempts to absorb the total personality of the servant, and ties him to the household in a totalistic manner. Such premodern relationships between superior and inferior can exist only as long as religious legitimations for it are accepted by the servant, and no alternative employment opportunities are available. When this is no longer the case, the role becomes obsolescent and only persons suffering from marked inferiorities and peculiar stigmas can be induced to enter it.
115 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore some of the tensions that arise for Ghanaian headteachers in trying to resolve traditional and tribal expectations with "Western" conceptions of leadership roles and competencies.
Abstract: This paper will explore some of the tensions that arise for Ghanaian headteachers in trying to resolve traditional and tribal expectations with ‘Western’ conceptions of leadership roles and competencies. These are particularly acute in rural communities where expectations of school leaders often reflect, and are constrained by, ascribed status in the tribe or village. Gender issues illustrate these tensions as successive governments initiate strategies to ensure that gender equality concerns are integrated into all their policies and programmes. The starting point for this paper—the process of research itself—sets the scene for an exploration of a complex multi-faceted leadership culture.
90 citations
TL;DR: The effects of status ascriptions and accent on perceptions of speaker status and solidarity were examined by as discussed by the authors, who found that lexical diversity was an especially potent determinant of perceptions of control of speech style.
Abstract: The effects of status ascriptions (high vs. low) and accent (standard American vs. Mexican-American) upon perceptions of speaker status and solidarity are examined. Consequences of the independent variables for a novel dependent variable, perceived control of speech style, are examined also. One hundred and twenty-two respondents rated one of eight message versions in a between-group design. Results indicated, among other things, that: (1) status ascriptions and accent combined additively to affect judgements of speaker status, as did status ascriptions and diversity; (2) lexical diversity and accent affected both solidarity judgements and status judgements interactively, although the nature of the interactive effect differed across measures; and (3) lexical diversity was an especially potent determinant of perceptions of control of speech style. It is suggested that a clear picture of linguistic and non-linguistic determinants of judgements of speaker status is emerging.
88 citations
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| 2020 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 |
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