title: Bringing social identity to work: the influence of manifestation and suppression on perceived discrimination, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions.
abstract: In the current article, we explored whether manifesting or suppressing an identity (race/ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability) at work is related to perceived discrimination, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions. Participants included 211 working adults who completed an online survey. The results showed that efforts to suppress a group identity were positively (and behavioral manifestations of group identity negatively) related to perceived discrimination, which predicted job satisfaction and turnover intentions. These results suggest that diverse employees actively manage their nonwork identities while at work and that these identity management strategies have important consequences.
authors.affiliation: Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3028, USA. jmmadera@uh.edu
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Madera
authors.forename: Eden B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Michelle R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hebl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011287:Prejudice; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012933:Social Identification; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult