prestige

Examples of prestige in the following topics:

• Prestige

  • Funeral directors have low occupational prestige, despite high incomes.
  • Their prestige is fairly low, but most have higher incomes than college professors, who are among the most educated people in America and have high prestige.
  • Prestige is a strong element in social mobility.
  • On the other hand, certain elements of prestige are fixed; family name, place of birth, parents' occupations, etc., are unchangeable parts of prestige that cause social stratification.
  • Compare the two types of prestige - achieved and ascribed, and how prestige is related to power, property and social mobility

• Socioeconomic Status

  • These measures reflect three characteristics of individuals: power, property, and prestige.
  • Prestige refers to the reputation or esteem associated with one's position in society.
  • Prestige used to be associated with one's family name, but for most people in developed countries, prestige is now generally tied to one's occupation.
  • An individual's prestige is closely tied to their social class – the higher the prestige of an individual (through their occupation or maybe family name), the higher the social class.
  • Their prestige is fairly low, but most have higher incomes than college professors, who are among the most educated people in America and have high prestige.

• Occupation

  • In the United States, occupation and occupational prestige are primary indicators of social class, along with income, wealth, and education.
  • Sociologists often talk about the status associated with various occupations in terms of occupational prestige.
  • Occupational prestige refers to the esteem in which society holds a particular occupation.
  • Occupational prestige is one way in which occupation may affect a person's social class independent of income and educational attainment.
  • In large part because of high occupational prestige, university professors are generally considered members of the upper-middle class.

• Defining a Brand

  • Brands provide external cues to taste, design, performance, quality, value and prestige if they are developed and managed properly.
  • Attributes: The Mercedes-Benz brand, for example, suggests expensive, well-built, well-engineered, durable, high-prestige automobiles.

• Social Class

  • Prestige refers to the reputation or esteem associated with one's position in society.
  • Prestige used to be associated with family name, but now more frequently is yoked to occupation.
  • Occupations like physicians or lawyers tend to hold more prestige than bartenders or janitors.
  • Power, prestige, and property tend to go hand in hand.
  • For example, a professor may have little property, but has high prestige.

• A Brief Definition of Brand

  • Brands provide external cues to taste, design, performance, quality, value and prestige if they are developed and managed properly.
  • Attributes: The Mercedes-Benz brand, for example, suggests expensive, well-built, well-engineered, durable, high-prestige automobiles.

• Status Inconsistency

  • Staus consistency occurs when somebody has similar levels of property, prestige, and class -- for example, a Supreme Court justice is held in high esteem, is able to enact their will, and is likely to have accumulated wealth.
  • For example, a teacher may have a positive societal image (respect, prestige, etc.), which increases her status but she may earn little money, which simultaneously decreases her status.

• Employee Promotions

  • Promotions can also carry increases in benefits, privileges, and prestige, although in some cases only the title changes.
  • In the nonprofit sector pay increases are modest, so the prestige of a promotion is one of its main benefits.

• Class

  • The British aristocracy is an instance where wealth, power, and prestige do not necessarily align--the aristocracy is upper class and generally has significant political influence, but members are not necessarily wealthy.
  • The British aristocracy is an instance where wealth, power, and prestige do not necessarily align — the aristocracy is upper class and generally has significant political influence, but members are not necessarily wealthy.
  • In common parlance, the term "social class" is usually synonymous with socioeconomic status, which is one's social position as determined by income, wealth, occupational prestige, and educational attainment.
  • Many wealthy families lacked prestige and power, for example, because they were Jewish.
  • Weber introduced three independent factors that form his theory of stratification hierarchy: class, status, and power: class is person's economic position in a society; status is a person's prestige, social honor, or popularity in a society; power is a person's ability to get his way despite the resistance of others.

• Weber's View of Stratification

  • Many wealthy families lacked prestige and power, for example, because they were Jewish.
  • Status refers to a person's prestige, social honor, or popularity in a society.