title: Selective incivility: immigrant groups experience subtle workplace discrimination at different rates.
abstract: Immigrants play an increasingly important role in local labor markets. Not only do they grow steadily in number but also in cultural, educational, and skill diversity, underlining the necessity to distinguish between immigrant groups when studying discrimination against immigrants. We examined immigrant employees' subtle discrimination experiences in a representative sample in Switzerland, controlling for dispositional influences. Results showed that mainly members of highly competitive immigrant groups, from immediate neighbor countries, experienced workplace incivility and that these incivility experiences were related to higher likelihoods of perceived discrimination at work. This research confirms recent accounts that successful but disliked groups are particularly likely to experience subtle interpersonal discrimination.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Business and Economics.
authors.forename: Franciska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krings
authors.affiliation: National Competence Center in Research LIVES, University of Lausanne.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rice University.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binggeli
authors.affiliation: National Competence Center in Research LIVES, University of Lausanne.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maggiori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010465:Perception; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace