Selective incivility: Immigrant groups experience subtle workplace discrimination at different rates

TitreSelective incivility: Immigrant groups experience subtle workplace discrimination at different rates
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuteursKrings, F, Johnston, C, Binggeli, S, Maggiori, C
JournalCultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
Volume20
Ticket4
Pagination491-498
Mots-clésdiscrimination, diversity, immigrants, incivility
Résumé

Immigrants play an increasingly important role in local labor markets. Not only do they grow steadily in number but also in cultural, educational, and skill diversity, underlining the necessity to distinguish between immigrant groups when studying discrimination against immigrants. We examined immigrant employees’ subtle discrimination experiences in a representative sample in Switzerland, controlling for dispositional influences. Results showed that mainly members of highly competitive immigrant groups, from immediate neighbor countries, experienced workplace incivility and that these incivility experiences were related to higher likelihoods of perceived discrimination at work. This research confirms recent accounts that successful but disliked groups are particularly likely to experience subtle interpersonal discrimination.

DOI10.1037/a0035436
Refereed DesignationRefereed