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  2. Status attainment - Wikipedia

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    Peter M. Blau (1918–2002) and Otis Duncan (1921–2004) were the first sociologists to isolate the concept of status attainment. Their initial thesis stated that the lower the level from which a person starts, the greater is the probability that he will be upwardly mobile, simply because many more occupational destinations entail upward mobility for men with low origins than for those with ...

  3. Role theory - Wikipedia

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    Role theory is a concept in sociology and in social psychology that considers most of everyday activity to be the acting-out of socially defined categories (e.g., mother, manager, teacher). Each role is a set of rights, duties, expectations, norms, and behaviors that a person has to face and fulfill. [ 1 ]

  4. Social status - Wikipedia

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    Social status is the relative level of social value a ... A medical professional shows students a model of human anatomy. People with higher status, like this ...

  5. Social position - Wikipedia

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    In several studies, researchers have assessed Individuals' perceived social position using the single-item MacArthur scale of subjective social status. [3] [4] The MacArthur scale of subjective social status is a drawing of a ten-rung ladder presented as the distribution of individuals in a social hierarchy. People with the highest salaries ...

  6. Role - Wikipedia

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    "Role" is what the doctor does (or, at least, is expected to do) while status is what the doctor is; in other words, "status" is the position an actor occupies, while "role" is the expected behavior attached to that position. Roles are not limited to occupational status, of course, nor does the fact that one is cast in the role of "doctor ...

  7. Horizontal mobility - Wikipedia

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    Eg. if a doctor switches from a job in health care to teaching in medical school, the profession changes, but dignity and social status remain the same. [3] According to Cameron Anderson , social status is the level of social value that a person is considered to have. [ 4 ]

  8. Social system - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, a social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. [1] It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. [ 1 ]

  9. Occupational segregation - Wikipedia

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    Women in female-dominated jobs pay two penalties: the average wage of their jobs is lower than that in comparable male-dominated jobs, and they earn less relative to men in the same jobs. Since 1980, occupational segregation is the single largest factor of the gender pay gap, accounting for over half of the wage gap. [31]