Whiteness of a name: is 'white' the baseline?
| Autor: | John L. Cotton, Andrea Griffin, Bonnie S. O'Neill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Class (computer programming) White (horse) Social Psychology Categorization Critical race theory Normative Management Science and Operations Research Variety (linguistics) Baseline (configuration management) Psychology Social psychology Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Managerial Psychology. 29:405-422 |
| ISSN: | 0268-3946 |
| Popis: | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the hypothesis that Whiteness is used as a normative standard when comparing a variety of first names. Design/methodology/approach – Respondents (full- and part-time business students) evaluated names that sounded common, African-American, Russian, and unusual. Findings – Results from two studies suggest that “common” or “neutral” names are perceived to be white, and to be more American than African-American, Russian or unusual-sounding names. Results also demonstrate that the common names have more positive attributes, including socio-economic class. Research limitations/implications – The study found that the basic comparison of American respondents will be to a white person. Second, the authors applied Critical Race Theory (CRT) to the research on names. Finally, the authors demonstrate that unless they are totally anonymous, virtual teams will still have the type of social categorization and stereotyping of team members found in ordinary teams. Practic... |
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