cultural consumption as status --> wijnberg 2020 Flashcards
highbrow taste showing status in ?
non-profit - higher ups
e.g. highbrow activities
museum, opera, theatre, ballet, movie
independent variable
employees span of control
sectoral environment - profit vs non profit
dependent variable
visiting highbrow activities
(+) effect of work-place status
measured by span of control on highbrow consumption
local workplace status sig determinant of
high brow taste moderated by contextual factors
1st party signaling of status
if something is present relatively often among those with high status
- potentially signals status
1st party signal benefit
helps deal with information asymmetries
esp when sender knows more than receiver
its about characteristics of sender
1st party signals costs
cost of producing signal make it more trustworthy
local status signalling
status in org
higher = highbrow?
for profit or non
attractiveness of signal considering conscpicious consumption and cheap signalling
depend on whcih other signals are available
with which benefits at which costs
why non-profit over for-profit
wider availability of other status signals in for-profits and costs of highbrow art consumption
in which profit organization do we see status signaling
only in non-profits cultural consumption is used as a status signal by those higher up in the organization
