Looking up with a frown: status, negative affect and enhancement behaviour in groups

This manuscript aims to address existing ambiguity on the behavioural consequences of (low) status in groups by examining mechanisms and moderating factors in the linkage between individual members’ lack of status and their attempts at improving their status position. Specifically, we propose an indirect relationship between a group member’s lack of status and enhancement behaviour, through his or her high-arousal negative affective reactions,...