Social-Class Disparities in Higher Education and Professional Workplaces: The Role of Cultural Mismatch

Autor:	Sarah S. M. Townsend, Nicole M. Stephens, Andrea Dittmann
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Higher education Inequality business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Gateway (computer program) Public relations Social class 050105 experimental psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Psychology General Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Current Directions in Psychological Science. 28:67-73
ISSN:	1467-8721 0963-7214
DOI:	10.1177/0963721418806506
Popis:	Differences in structural resources and individual skills contribute to social-class disparities in both U.S. gateway institutions of higher education and professional workplaces. People from working-class contexts also experience cultural barriers that maintain these disparities. In this article, we focus on one critical cultural barrier—the cultural mismatch between (a) the independent cultural norms prevalent in middle-class contexts and U.S. institutions and (b) the interdependent norms common in working-class contexts. In particular, we explain how cultural mismatch can fuel social-class disparities in higher education and professional workplaces. First, we explain how different social-class contexts tend to reflect and foster different cultural models of self. Second, we outline how higher education and professional workplaces often prioritize independence as the cultural ideal. Finally, we describe two key sites of cultural mismatch—norms for understanding the self and interacting with others—and explain their consequences for working-class people’s access to and performance in gateway institutions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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