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Theses Digitization Project

Theses/Dissertations

2010

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

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Effect Of Positive Ingroup Exemplars On Negative Self-Stereotyping, Sandra Yvette Benitez Jan 2010

Effect Of Positive Ingroup Exemplars On Negative Self-Stereotyping, Sandra Yvette Benitez

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The purpose of this research is to examine how being exposed to positive in-group exemplars will affect the extent to which participants use negative stereotypes of their group to evaluate themselves, which in this case is referred to as self-stereotyping.


The Effects Of Stereotype Threat On Job Anxiety, Job Satisfaction, Work Specific Self-Efficacy, And Turnover Intent, Ciara Cascharelle Paige Jan 2010

The Effects Of Stereotype Threat On Job Anxiety, Job Satisfaction, Work Specific Self-Efficacy, And Turnover Intent, Ciara Cascharelle Paige

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While an abundance of literature on stereotypes exists with regards to the workplace, less research exists that assesses how stereotypes could affect an employee and motivate him or her to leave the organization. The present study addressed the relationship among job identification, gender identification, stereotype threat perception at work, anxiety, work specific efficacy, job satisfaction, and turnover intent. A hypothesized model that connected the possible relations among stereotype threat, gender identification, job identification, job anxiety, work specific self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and turnover intent was tested using data from 267 working women.


Biculturalism, Self-Construal, And Self-Stereotyping, Kelly Anne Hirsch Jan 2010

Biculturalism, Self-Construal, And Self-Stereotyping, Kelly Anne Hirsch

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The research sought to examine the process by which bicultural individuals self stereotype. The goals of the research are to test if bicultural individuals, through the process of frame-switching, shift their self-construals how one sees oneself in relation to others and to determine whether this shifting of self-construals is the mechanism through which bicultural individuals negatively self-stereotype.