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Fernando, Dulini and Kenny, Etlyn (2018) Navigating panethnic categorisation in the workplace : a study of British Sri Lankan employees. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , 91 (4). pp. 769-797. doi:10.1111/joop.12224
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12224
Abstract
A wide range of ethnic groups make up labour markets in most advanced economies. However, we lack a nuanced understanding of how specific groups experience minority ethnic identity within the workplace. This article addresses how an underrepresented minority ethnic group, British Sri Lankans, experience being assigned a broad Asian panethnic identity in their workplace, which is both positively and negatively stereotyped. Drawing on theories of social identity-based impression management and self-stereotyping we highlight how individuals responded to panethnic stereotypes imposed on them by both claiming and rejecting a broader Asian identity, and at the same time attempting to carve out a more distinctive British Sri Lankan identity. We advance knowledge of the multi-level nature of ethnic identity, demonstrating ways in which movement between superordinate and subordinate levels of ethnic identity can occur. Counter intuitively we suggest that individuals’ positive self-stereotyping efforts may, over time, contribute to a more constricted career path that that may leave them less prepared for senior management positions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sri Lankans -- Ethnic identity -- Great Britain, Sri Lankans -- Employment -- Great Britain, Stereotypes (Social psychology) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0963-1798 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 91 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 769-797 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/joop.12224 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Fernando, D. and Kenny, E. (2018), Navigating panethnic categorization in the workplace: A study of British Sri Lankan employees. J Occup Organ Psychol. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12224. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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