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On the psychological barriers to the workplace: when and why metastereotyping undermines employability beliefs of women and ethnic minorities.

Chuma Kevin Owuamalam; Hanna Zagefka

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Title: On the psychological barriers to the workplace: when and why metastereotyping undermines employability beliefs of women and ethnic minorities.
Author: Chuma Kevin Owuamalam; Hanna Zagefka
Source: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology · DOI 10.1037/a0037645 Published 2014-10-01 · Open source record
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We investigated the effect of how one might expect one’s group to be viewed by a dominant outgroup (i.e., metastereotypes) on employability beliefs of members of disadvantaged groups. Based on the extensive literature on stereotype threat, we hypothesized that activating negative metastereotypes would undermine employability beliefs of members of disadvantaged groups, because such beliefs are likely to threaten their state self-esteem. In particular, we expected that an effect of negative metastereotyping on employability beliefs would be explained by momentary self-doubts and be particularly evident among members whose dispositional self-esteem is high rather than low to begin with. Taken jointly, results from a correlational study (n = 80) and an experimental study (n = 56) supported these hypotheses, and discussion focuses on their implications for mobility into the workplace.

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Original journal: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Published: 2014-10-01
DOI: 10.1037/a0037645
Open record: PMC4196751

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