Multiple dimensions of racioethnicity

Abstract

Given the changing work force demographics and the increased globalization of businesses, the usage of a multidimensional construct to assess racioethnic differences in job-related attitudes and behaviors may be able to provide researchers and practitioners with a better understanding of how to more effectively manage diverse individuals within various organizational contexts. As such, it is purported that racioethnicity is multidimensional, with at least three dimensions: physioethnicity, the physical dimension; socioethnicity, the sociocultural dimension; and psychoethnicity, the psychological dimension. It is further posited that examining socioethnicity and psychoethnicity, in addition to physioethnicity, will enable researchers and practitioners to assess the sociocultural and psychological dimensions of racioethnicity and their affects on various organizational behavioral outcomes, which have traditionally been ignored.

Muslim businesswomen doing boundary work: The negotiation of Islam, gender and ethnicity within entrepreneurial contexts

“…The intersection of ethnicity and Islam as identity categories of migrants is an important issue in this study. Various authors have examined the identity constructions of migrants and ethnic minorities in organizations who face discrimination and disqualification and who are ascribed lower status (Bell & Nkomo, 2001;Friday et al, 2004). Friday et al (2004) point to the psychological self-categorization that ethnicity entails: people construct their ethnic identities by choosing to incorporate specific 'symbolic elements', such as cultural practices and values, kinship patterns, nationality, physical features, language and religion into their sense of self.…”

“…Various authors have examined the identity constructions of migrants and ethnic minorities in organizations who face discrimination and disqualification and who are ascribed lower status (Bell & Nkomo, 2001;Friday et al, 2004). Friday et al (2004) point to the psychological self-categorization that ethnicity entails: people construct their ethnic identities by choosing to incorporate specific 'symbolic elements', such as cultural practices and values, kinship patterns, nationality, physical features, language and religion into their sense of self. Some authors specifically distinguish ethnic identity from religious identity (Jacobson, 1997;Knott & Khoker, 1993), separating cultural traditions and customs from a universal understanding of religion.…”

Knotted strands: Working lives of Indian women migrants in New Zealand

“…It is contact and competition with the outside group rather than confinement in one's own community that leads to ethnic awareness, with a heightened sense of solidarity occurring among minority immigrant groups who have achieved considerable socio-economic assimilation but whose pathway to total acceptance and equality remains blocked (Portes, 1984;Portes & Rumbaut, 1990;Morawska, 2003;Dunstan et al, 2004). A surrogate for ethnic identity is psychoethnicity, described as the psychological identification as a member of a particular racioethnic group (Friday et al, 2004), which serves as an important determining factor in whether or not an individual will share the attitudes and behaviours of members of his or her identified racioethnic group (Ethier & Deaux, 1994).…”