Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
13
Number
3
Page Numbers
pages 42-61
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2008
Abstract
Organizations often use affirmative action plans to increase demographic diversity, but, the success of these plans depends on employee attitudes. Attitudes toward affirmative action differ among racial groups, with Blacks having more favorable attitudes than Hispanics, Asians, and Whites (e.g., Bell, Harrison, & McLaughlin, 1997). To correct a paucity of literature that includes a large Asian American sample, Asian participants from various ethnicities, such as Indian, Filipino, and Vietnamese, (N = 181) completed several online questionnaires at surveymonkey.com about affirmative action attitudes (Attitude Towards Affirmative Action Scale), collectivism/individualism (Triandis & Gelfand, 1998) , and ethnic identity (Multigroup Measure of Ethnic Identity, MEIM). There were positive relationships between the horizontal dimension of the collectivism/ individualism construct, collectivism, ethnic identity, and attitudes toward affirmative action. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
20 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 13 no. 3 2008
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Maun, Luisa J. and O'Leary, Brian J.
(2008)
"Same, but different: understanding Asians' attitudes towards affirmative action,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 13:
No.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol13/iss3/5
Department
Dept. of Psychology