Even in the most egalitarian societies, hierarchies of power and status shape social life. However, power and received status are not synonymous-individuals in positions of power may or may not be accorded the respect corresponding to their role. Using a cooperatively collected dataset from 18,096 participants across 70 cultures, we investigate, through a survey-based correlational design, when perceived position-based power (operationalized as influence and control) of various powerholders is associated with their elevated social status (operationalized as perceived respect and instrumental social value). We document that the positive link between power and status characterizes most cultural regions, except for WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) and Post-Soviet regions. The strength of this association depends on individual and cultural factors. First, the perceived other-orientation of powerholders amplifies the positive link between perceived power and status. The perceived self-orientation of powerholders weakens this relationship. Second, among cultures characterized by low Self-Expression versus Harmony (e.g., South Korea, Taiwan), high Embeddedness (e.g., Senegal), and high Cultural Tightness (e.g., Malaysia), the association between power and status tends to be particularly strong. The results underline the importance of both individual perceptions and societal values in how position-based power relates to social status.

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Catholic University of Angola Luanda Angola

Departamento Académico de Psicología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Lima Peru

Département de Philosophie et de Psychologie Université Joseph Ki Zerbo Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet Université Toulouse 2 Toulouse France

Department of Education Psychology Philosophy University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy

Department of Education University of Roma Tre Rome Italy

Department of Educational Psychology Baku State University Baku Azerbaijan

Department of Finance and Economics College of Business Administration University of Sharjah Sharjah UAE

Department of General and Social Psychology Dostoevsky Omsk State University Omsk Russia

Department of Information Systems and Technologies University of Library Studies and Information Technologies Sofia Bulgaria

Department of Management and Marketing Faculty of Business Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China

Department of Management Society and Communication Copenhagen Business School Frederiksberg Denmark

Department of Organizational Management Universidad ICESI Cali Colombia

Department of Psychology and Centre for Psychosocial Health The Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China

Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Setif 2 Setif Algeria

Department of Psychology Bahçeşehir University Istanbul Turkey

Department of Psychology Baze University Abuja Nigeria

Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Canada

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts University of Jordan Amman Jordan

Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Rijeka Rijeka Croatia

Department of Psychology Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Department of Psychology HCMC University of Education Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Department of Psychology Indiana University Northwest Gary Indiana USA

Department of Psychology Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tbilisi Georgia

Department of Psychology Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India

Department of Psychology Keimyung University Daegu South Korea

Department of Psychology Lingnan University Hong Kong China

Department of Psychology National Chengchi University Taiwan China

Department of Psychology Renmin University of China Beijing China

Department of Psychology School of Social Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana

Department of Psychology SWPS University Sopot Poland

Department of Psychology SWPS University Wrocław Poland

Department of Psychology The Catholic University of Korea Gyeonggi do South Korea

Department of Psychology University of Essex Colchester UK

Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA

Department of Psychology University of Limerick Limerick Ireland

Department of Psychology University of Malta Msida Malta

Department of Psychology University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City Philippines

Department of Psychology West University of Timișoara Timișoara Romania

Department of Social Psychology and Anthropology Faculty of Psychology University of Salamanca Salamanca Spain

Department of Social Sciences and Business Roskilde University Roskilde Denmark

Department of Social Studies University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway

Department of Sociology and Social Policy Lingnan University Hong Kong China

École Normale Supérieure of Constantine Constantine Algeria

Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences Palestine Technical University Kadoorie Tulkarm Palestine

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar Senegal

Faculty of Medicine Gulu University Gulu Uganda

Faculty of Philosophy University of Banja Luka Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina

Faculty of Psychology Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta Indonesia

Faculty of Psychology University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland

Faculty of Psychology University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland

Graduate School of Education Kyoto University Kyoto Japan

Higher School of Economics Ronald F Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research Moscow Russia

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology HUN REN Research Centre of Natural Sciences Budapest Hungary

Institute of Criminology and Public Safety University of Trinidad and Tobago Arima Trinidad and Tobago

Institute of Education and Psychology Johannes Kepler University Linz Linz Austria

Institute of Education Science Osnabrück University Osnabrück Germany

Institute of Psychology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czechia

Institute of Psychology Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church Budapest Hungary

Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland

Institute of Psychology SWPS University Warsaw Poland

Institute of Psychology The John Paul 2 Catholic University of Lublin Lublin Poland

Institute of Psychology University of Brasilia Brasília Brazil

Institute of Psychology University of Koblenz Koblenz Germany

Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal

Interfaculty for Graduate Studies and Research Anton de Kom University of Suriname Paramaribo Suriname

King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia

King's Business School King's College London London UK

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Skopje North Macedonia

Olomouc University Social Health Institute Palacky University Olomouc Czechia

Psychiatric Clinic Pro Mente Sana Bratislava Slovakia

Psychology Department Iberoamerican University Mexico City Mexico

Research Unit INSIDE University of Luxembourg Esch sur Alzette Luxembourg

School of Liberal Arts M Narikbayev KAZGUU University Astana Kazakhstan

School of Natural Sciences and Health Tallinn University Tallinn Estonia

School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies Universiti Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Darussalam

Universidad de Las Américas Concepción Chile

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