This hasn’t been a problem for me, so my experience doesn’t include the benefit of understanding social interaction more. It seems likely that if I had been confused, I’d have recommended learning about status instead of recommending against it.
The Office according to The Office, and Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power.
These only really apply to organized hierarchies, though. When people talk about “status” mattering in human interactions, they mean a combination of perceived power, influence, impressiveness and the like, plus instinctual dominance-submissiveness interactions. Formal hierarchies in a complex organization are a distinct matter, although they do influence status in the former sense.
This hasn’t been a problem for me, so my experience doesn’t include the benefit of understanding social interaction more. It seems likely that if I had been confused, I’d have recommended learning about status instead of recommending against it.
As for how I studied it: Overcoming Bias posts on the matter, The Office according to The Office, and Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power.
These only really apply to organized hierarchies, though. When people talk about “status” mattering in human interactions, they mean a combination of perceived power, influence, impressiveness and the like, plus instinctual dominance-submissiveness interactions. Formal hierarchies in a complex organization are a distinct matter, although they do influence status in the former sense.