Conditions of contact, common in-group identity, and in-group bias toward contingent workers.
In a survey-based field study of 111 permanent Finnish restaurant employees, the authors investigated intergroup relations between permanent and contingent workers. On the basis of the common in-group identity model, the authors hypothesized that the conditions of contact (supportive norms and perceived intergroup competition) would be related to common in-group identity, which in turn would be negatively related to intergroup bias. The present results indicated that perceived competition and institutional support were related to in-group bias only through their influence on the common in-group identity, as the model predicted.
Lipponen
Jukka
J
Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland. jukka.lipponen@helsinki.fi
Leskinen
Johanna
J
D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires