Beyond status: relating status inequality to performance and health in teams.
Status structures in organizations are ubiquitous yet largely ignored in organizational research. We offer a conceptualization of team status inequality, or the extent to which status positions on a team are dispersed. Status inequality is hypothesized to be negatively related to individual performance and physical health for low-status individuals when uncooperative behavior is high. Trajectories of the outcomes across time are also explored. Analyses using multilevel modeling largely support our hypotheses in a sample of National Basketball Association players across six time points from 2000 to 2005.
Christie
Amy M
AM
School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5. achristie@wlu.ca
Barling
Julian
J
D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001490:Basketball / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006126:Group Processes; D006304:Health Status; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015279:Organizational Culture