Hierarchy and Teams

Abstract

An understanding of hierarchy in teams is crucial to the understanding of social structures in collectives and societies. Hierarchy is a fundamental element of social life and a predictor of individual and collective behaviors. Status and power, two of the most studied hierarchical dimensions, have received considerable attention in the social science literature (Blader & Chen, 2012; Blau, 1964; Fiske, 2010; Kemper, 2006; Magee & Galinsky, 2008; Weber, 1964). However, existing research on hierarchy has focused largely on its individual- level effects (see Magee & Galinky, 2008 and Li, Chen, & Blader, 2016 for reviews). Only recently have researchers turned their attention to examining social hierarchy in the team context (Bendersky & Hayes, 2012; Hays et al., 2021; Tarakci, Greer, & Groenen, 2016). Hierarchy in teams—one of the most proximal collectives for employees—influences how they behave and are perceived not only within the team, but also outside of the team (Ertug & Castellucci, 2013; Lahiri, Pahnke, Howard, & Boeker, 2017). This symposium aims to contribute to this emerging and important trend of studying status and power in the team context. We believe that our symposium will help generate new perspectives and important questions regarding hierarchy and teams. We hope that it will facilitate sophisticated theorizing and rigorous empirics for this line of research. How Team Performance and Its Trajectory Influence Voluntary Turnover: A Status Perspective Presenter: Jiani Zhu; Georgia Institute of Technology Presenter: Huisi Li; Georgia Institute of Technology Perceived Status Hierarchy Accuracy and Intergroup Negotiation Performance Presenter: Siyu Yu; Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice U. Presenter: Gavin J. Kilduff; New York U. Presenter: Yu Yang; ShanghaiTech U. Second in Command or Second Opinion? Testing a Dual-path Model of Informal Leader Emergence Presenter: Edward McClain Wellman; Arizona State U. Presenter: Min Yu; Arizona State U. Presenter: Luke Hedden; Boston College The Reciprocal Relationship between Power and Status Presenter: James Garrett Matusik; U. of Georgia Presenter: Rebecca Mitchell; U. of Colorado Boulder Presenter: Nicholas Hays; Michigan State U. Mean Dependence and Systematic Bias in Studies of Social Hierarchy in Teams Presenter: Brian Alan Burgess; Michigan State U. Presenter: Daniel Jacob Griffin; Michigan State U.