To examine the relationship between status and waiting behavior a questionnaire was constructed to measure waiting time as a function of the status of the subject, the status of the person for whom the subject waits, and the situation in which the subject waits. It was predicted that lower status subjects (n = 124 students) would report that they would wait longer than higher status subjects (n = 124 professors), all subjects would wait longer for a higher status person than a lower status person and that all subjects would wait longer in an “academic” situation than a “social” situation. All three hypotheses were confirmed.
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