Status and Performance in Small Professional Organizations: The Case of Scientific Research Projects

In: Social science quarterly, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 105-112

Abstract

Six status concordance measures (discipline prestige, academic rank, age, sex, highest degree, & discipline influence) were examined separately over time in an examination of two competing views of the relationships between leader status characteristics & performance in small professional organizations. Findings indicate that higher status older professionals with higher academic degrees are best used as leaders in early stages of organizational development. In older organizations, however, lower status individuals are more closely associated with success. Status characteristics were not found to be interchangeable & were not found to relate in the same way to other variables over time. 1 Table. AA.