The pursuit of social rank is a recurrent and pervasive challenge faced by individuals in all human societies. Yet, the precise means through which individuals compete for social standing remains unclear. In two studies, we investigated the impact of two fundamental strategies—Dominance (the use of force and intimidation to induce fear) and Prestige (the sharing of expertise or know-how to gain...

A new size-independent indicator of scientific journal prestige, the SJR2 indicator, is proposed. This indicator takes into account not only the prestige of the citing scientific journal but also its closeness to the cited journal using the cosine of the angle between the vectors of the two journals' cocitation profiles. To eliminate the size effect, the accumulated prestige is divided by the f...

the main purpose of this article is to present a clear picture of social bordering of urban space in mashhad and to identify the socio-spatial hierarchy in this city. 17510 resident householders were selected through stratified sampling and they were interviewed. the hierarchical clustering analysis was used to analyze the data, based on three social basic characteristics including occupational...

Prestige. Cultural Dimension of Work in the Theater Terms Sustainable Development Varmia and Masuria The aim text is to show role culture sustainable development as a process which values, that define work, are transferred consolidated. example prestige artistic work theatre region. cultural function expressed here values determine workplaces professions. Prestige concept specializes prioritize...

This paper wants to study the measurement of social capital of the Payam Noor University in southern Khorasan. It also tries to increase the role of social capital through participation and membership in different groups. Thus, Two types of hypotheses were in micro and macro levels analyzed. More than 329 students were randomly selected and ( F and T) coeficeints show that variables like gender...