Organizational Characteristics as a Justification of Employment Discrimination

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dc.contributor.advisorStangor, Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.advisorHanges, Paul J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSiegel, Eric Forresten_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-19T06:34:18Z
dc.date.available2011-02-19T06:34:18Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the processes behind discrimination within organizations using the Justification-Suppression (JS) model. According to the JS model, internal cognitions, called justifications, can disinhibit prejudice and cause discrimination. The policies and characteristics of an organization can be a source of the justifications that lead to discrimination within organizations. To explore this hypothesis, participants completed a hiring simulation task. In this experiment, the racial makeup of the company was manipulated so that the company was either homogeneously White or racially diverse. In addition, company communications, in the form of e-mails, were manipulated to change the company's tolerance for discrimination. Both the demographics and communications manipulations led the participants to discriminate in their hiring decisions. When both demographics and communications indicated discrimination was acceptable, the degree of discrimination was greater than when there was a single source of justification. This implies that an organization's characteristics can lead to increased discrimination.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11092
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledExperimental Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAttitudesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDemographicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDiscriminationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEmploymenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOrganizationsen_US
dc.titleOrganizational Characteristics as a Justification of Employment Discriminationen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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