Title

Methodological Problems Associated With Research On Unfair Discrimination Against Racial Minorities

Keywords

Methodological problems; Research artifacts; Unfair discrimination

Abstract

Despite the passage of civil rights legislation, racial and ethnic minorities continue to experience unfair discrimination in the workplace. Therefore, considerable research in human resource management and social psychology has examined the factors thought to affect unfair discrimination in organizations [Cox, T. (1993). Cultural diversity in organizations: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler]. Although research has focused on unfair discrimination, researchers have argued that the construct and external validity of the results have been adversely affected by methodological problems [e.g., Stone, E.F., Stone, D.L., & Dipboye, R.L. (1992). Stigmas in organizations: Race, handicaps, and physical unattractiveness. In Kelly, K. (Ed.). Issues, theory, and research in industrial and organizational psychology (pp. 385-457). Amsterdam: Elsevier]. Given this critique, the present paper (a) examines the degree to which recent research suffered from a number of methodological problems (e.g., obtrusive measures, non-representative samples, and demand characteristics), (b) identifies strategies for overcoming these problems, and (c) offers recommendations for advancing our understanding of unfair discrimination in organizational contexts. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Human Resource Management Review

Volume

18

Issue

4

Number of Pages

243-258

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.06.001

Socpus ID

53849096675 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/53849096675

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