Abstract des Autors

The purpose of the present investigation was to identify the principal sources of status and their relative importance among athletes in sport teams. In order to examine this issue, two independent studies involving inter collegiate athletes (N=65) in Canada (Study 1) and quasi professional athletes (N=76) in India (Study 2) were carried out. In both the studies, the same structured questionnaire was used which incorporated the status attributes identified in previous research with social and work groups. An examination of the results from the two studies showed similarities across culture in terms of the identified principal sources of status (age, experience, & performance), and the perceived importance of achieved status attributes (versus ascribed), and sport-related attributes (versus sport unrelated). Verf.-Referat