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Social Hierarchy Maintenance and Assortment into Social Roles: A Social Dominance Perspective.
- Source :
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations . Oct2003, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p333-352. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Using vocational choice and social dominance theories as organizing frameworks, and employing data from a five-wave longitudinal study of undergraduates, we explored the relationship between generalized anti-egalitarianism, on the one hand, and the choice of hierarchy-enhancing (HE) and hierarchy-attenuating (HA) college majors and future careers on the other hand. Consistent with theoretical expectations, the data showed that students with high levels of anti-egalitarianism were more likely to choose HE college majors and future careers, while students with relatively low levels of generalized anti-egalitarianism were more likely to choose HA college majors and future careers. Congruent students (high antiegalitarianism/HE majors and low anti-egalitarianism/HA majors) enjoyed greater academic success, and greater expectations of academic success than incongruent students (high antiegalitarianism/HA majors and low anti-egalitarianism/HE majors). Finally, we explored three processes possibly responsible for the congruence between anti-egalitarianism and career path: (1) self-selection, (2) institutional socialization, and (3) differential success/differential attrition. The results only showed support for serf-selection mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13684302
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11398720
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302030064002