Purpose – Stryker's identity theory has impacted sociological social psychology for a half century and still inspires an active research agenda. To date, however, its terms and arguments have not been analyzed closely. Our purpose with this project was to conduct such an analysis....

Purpose This paper introduces a method by which researchers can assess the strength of their status manipulations in experimental research by comparing them against Monte Carlo simulated distributions that use aggregate Status Characteristics Theory (SCT) data. Methodology This paper uses Monte...

Introduction -- Emblems of liberty -- The ghost of a dollar -- Minting Mexico's independence -- North America's Third Republic -- Buying Mexico -- Border coppers -- Gold recklessness -- Defending the Republics -- Conclusion

This paper examines social influence in collective task settings using the Berger, Fisek, Norman and Zelditch's graph-theoretic method. The work examines in-group membership in task settings, and models contexts where both status processes and group membership are salient. At the core of these...