Citations: Magee, Joe, Adam Galinsky. 2008. Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and Status. Academy of Management Annals. 351-398.

In tracing the historical roots of social hierarchy through the cases of race, colonialism, and caste, this article outlines the specific mechanisms through which status inequality exacerbates ...

African wildlife expert Rob the Ranger documents elephants displaying social hierarchy within their herd.

Citations: Rucker, Derek D., Adam Galinsky. 2023. The Rank-Signaling System of Social Hierarchy: Encoding, Decoding, and Recoding via Consumption.

Children climbing their school’s social hierarchy can end up bullying their friends and friends-of-friends, say researchers. (Getty Images) Findings suggest why anti-bullying programs don't work ...