Racial differences in work attitudes: What you see depends on what you study

Mark John Somers; Dee Birnbaum

doi:10.1023/A:1007818917086

Racial differences in work attitudes: What you see depends on what you study

Mark John Somers, Dee Birnbaum

MT School of Management

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Abstract

Differences in a constellation of work attitudes were studied with respect to black and white employees using a sample of healthcare workers. Preliminary analyses using MANOVA indicated that blacks had more positive work attitudes than did whites. However, systematic analyses of set of covariates including personal, lifestyle, and organizational variables eliminated all racial differences in work attitudes. Implications of these findings and directions for future research were discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	579-591
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Business and Psychology
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007818917086
State	Published - 2001

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Business and International Management
General Business, Management and Accounting
Applied Psychology
General Psychology

Keywords

Diversity
Race
Survey research
Work attitudes

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