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Stereotype Threat at Work
Loriann Roberson and Carol T. Kulik
Academy of Management Perspectives , Vol. 21, No. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 24-40
Published by: Academy of Management
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27747371
The article Stereotype Threat at Work, focuses on the subject of how managers in organizations can create a working environment where all individual can succeed and how being familiar with stereotype threats can be used as a tool to attain this objective. The article defines “stereotype threat” as the fear of being judged according to a negative stereotype[e
Managing deversity in organizations requires creating an environment where all employees can succeed. This paper explains how understanding "stereotype threat"—the fear of being judged according to a negative stereotype—can help managers create positive environments for diverse employees. While stereotype threat has received a great deal of academic research attention, the issue is usually framed in the organizational literature as a problem affecting performance on tests used for admission and selection decisions. Further, articles discussing stereotype threat usually report the results of experimental studies and are targeted to an academic audience. We summarize 12 years of research findings on stereotype threat, address its commonplace occurrence in the workplace, and consider how interventions effective in laboratory settings for reducing stereotype threat might be implemented by managers in organizational contexts. We end the paper with a discussion of how attention tostereotype threat can improve the
Stereotype Threat at Work
Loriann Roberson and Carol T. Kulik
Academy of Management Perspectives , Vol. 21, No. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 24-40
Published by: Academy of Management
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27747371
The article Stereotype Threat at Work, focuses on the subject of how managers in organizations can create a working environment where all individual can succeed and how being familiar with stereotype threats can be used as a tool to attain this objective. The article defines “stereotype threat” as the fear of being judged according to a negative stereotype[e
Managing deversity in organizations requires creating an environment where all employees can succeed. This paper explains how understanding "stereotype threat"—the fear of being judged according to a negative stereotype—can help managers create positive environments for diverse employees. While stereotype threat has received a great deal of academic research attention, the issue is usually framed in the organizational literature as a problem affecting performance on tests used for admission and selection decisions. Further, articles discussing stereotype threat usually report the results of experimental studies and are targeted to an academic audience. We summarize 12 years of research findings on stereotype threat, address its commonplace occurrence in the workplace, and consider how interventions effective in laboratory settings for reducing stereotype threat might be implemented by managers in organizational contexts. We end the paper with a discussion of how attention tostereotype threat can improve the