African‐Americans’ perceptions of requisite characteristics of business managers

Abstract

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Multi-Ethnic Workforce and Business Performance: Review and Synthesis of the Empirical Literature

“…There is vast research done on the personal perceptions of business managers from different ethnic background. For example, Tomkiewicz, Bass, Adeyemi-Bello, and Vaicys (2001) found that African Americans perceive themselves as being less qualified to be managers than other racial groups, and such perceptions influence their behavior in both seeking managerial jobs and their performance in such jobs, thus, relatively few African Americans hold higher level managerial jobs. Wright, Martin, and Stone (2003a) looked at the issues faced by small ethnic minority businesses, their entrepreneurship orientations, their efforts at nurturing and managing relationships in building their businesses, and their attitudes to targeting their products and services.…”