title: Diversity is in the eye of the beholder: how concern for the in-group affects perceptions of racial diversity.
abstract: The reported studies suggest that concern for the in-group motivates Asian Americans and African Americans to define diversity specifically, that is, as entailing both minorities' numerical and hierarchical representation, while motivating White Americans to define diversity broadly, that is, as entailing either minorities' high numerical and/or hierarchical representation in an organization. Studies 2-4 directly assess if a concern for the in-group affects conceptions of diversity by measuring Black and White participants' racial identity centrality, an individual difference measure of the extent to which individuals define themselves according to race. These studies suggest that the tendency to conceive diversity in ways protective of the in-group is especially pronounced among individuals who identify strongly with their racial in-group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481, USA. unzueta@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Miguel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Unzueta
authors.forename: Kevin R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Binning
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*