Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore: effects of race on hiring decisions

Chew, Peter K. H.; Young, Jessica L; Tan, Gerald P. K.

doi:10.1017/prp.2019.9

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“…Yet, in both societies, attitudes toward the United States may be relatively more favorable than toward Mainland China. For instance, in Singapore, Chew et al (2019) have shown that Singaporean-Chinese participants showed a positive bias toward a fictitious job candidate paired with an European (White) name and recommended a higher salary to the candidate than the one paired with a Chinese name or Malay name. In Hong Kong, studies (Tadmor et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2020) have revealed that Hong Kong participants displayed implicit and explicit prejudice against Chinese Mainlanders, which is consistent with the increasing contentious relations between Hong Kong and Mainland China.…”

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Aversive Response Towards Culture Fusion Is Moderated by the Source of Foreign Cultural Inflow

Cheon

Hong

2020

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Culture fusion reflects blending of elements from distinct cultures that produces a novel, hybrid cultural representation. Prior research among participants in the USA revealed that fusion of cultural elements from the USA and China could be perceived as contamination of one’s local culture and evokes disgust. It remains unknown whether this aversion to culture fusion generalizes to other samples and is contingent on perceivers’ attitudes toward the source of the foreign culture. Here, we tested these questions across two studies. Participants were exposed to different patterns of culture mixing of their own local culture and two foreign cultures (one relatively favored and one relatively disfavored). Across both studies (Singaporean participants in Study 1 and Hong Kong participants in Study 2), the results replicated prior findings suggesting that culture fusion elicits stronger negative evaluations (e.g., disgust, discomfort) compared to other patterns of culture mixing (i.e., presentation of local and foreign elements side-by-side). Importantly, a Mixing Type × Foreign Source interaction emerged, such that participants in both studies reacted more negatively to culture mixing involving a less favored (China) than a more favored (USA) culture, with negative reactions especially pronounced toward culture fusion. This aversive response was moderated by patriotism in Singapore but not in Hong Kong. These findings demonstrate that response to culture mixing depends on intergroup attitudes toward foreign cultures, and culture fusion is especially aversive when involving cultural inflows from a disfavored out-group. The contribution of geopolitical differences between Singapore and Hong Kong on these findings are also considered.

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Aversive Response Towards Culture Fusion Is Moderated by the Source of Foreign Cultural Inflow

Cheon

Hong

2020

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…Second, Singapore actively promotes a culture of tolerance given that it is a multiracial and multi-religious country (Pew Research Center, 2014;Singapore Department of Statistics, 2010). Although there are some evidence of outgroup derogation (Chew, 2018;Chew et al, 2019), tensions and conflicts between the major ethnic and religious groups are relatively low compared to other countries due to the culture of tolerance. This culture is enforced by laws prohibiting outgroup derogation (Penal Code, 1871;Sedition Act, 1948) and supported by a government that endorses diversity (Roets et al, 2015).…”

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Mortality salience in an offline and online setting

Chew

Yap

2021

Death Studies

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The current study aims to examine the effects of mortality salience effects on worldview defense in an offline and online setting. Participants were 146 (66 offline and 80 online) Singaporeans. Participants were randomly assigned to either the mortality salience condition or the control condition and after a delay completed a Worldview Defense Assessment. No significant mortality salience effects on worldview defense occurred in either setting. The results might be explained by the Asian sample, Singapore's culture of tolerance, and data collection during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Future research directions include examining the effects of COVID-19 in activating worldview defense.

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“…National statistics indicate that Singapore’s minority Malay population is less socio-economically well-off than the rest of the population, across various domains (Brassard, 2020; Mutalib, 2012). While published studies on why these ethnic disparities exist are few, some highlight ethnic discrimination as an important contributor (Chew et al, 2019; Lee, 2004).…”

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Do ethnic integration policies also improve socio-economic integration? A study of residential segregation in Singapore

Tan¹

2022

Urban Studies

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Concerns over the negative impact of residential segregation have motivated desegregation policies around the world. Singapore’s Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) is a desegregation policy perceived to be effective in reducing ethnic segregation. However, there is little clarity about how the Ethnic Integration Policy might affect socio-economic segregation, another important dimension of segregation. This study explores Singapore’s socio-economic and ethnic residential segregation patterns from 1990 until 2020, focussing on three scales of analysis: national, city district-level (subzone) and building-level. Ethnic and socio-economic segregation, which were generally low, fluctuated in opposite directions over the years. While public housing flats were exposed to less ethnic and socio-economic segregation than private housing, findings suggest a negative relationship between ethnic and socio-economic segregation for majority public housing subzones. This inverse relationship between socio-economic and ethnic segregation might be due to the Ethnic Integration Policy's distortionary effect on flat resale prices. These findings highlight the need for greater attentiveness to residential integration policies’ impact on both socio-economic and ethnic integration, and not to assume that policies aimed at improving one would be sufficient to address the other.

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Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore: effects of race on hiring decisions

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

Aversive Response Towards Culture Fusion Is Moderated by the Source of Foreign Cultural Inflow

Aversive Response Towards Culture Fusion Is Moderated by the Source of Foreign Cultural Inflow

Mortality salience in an offline and online setting

Do ethnic integration policies also improve socio-economic integration? A study of residential segregation in Singapore

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