The Influence of Racial Identity and the Perception of Discrimination on the Career Aspirations of African American Men and Women

Evans, Kathy; Herr, Edwin L.

doi:10.1006/jvbe.1994.1012

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“…In contrast, Rollins (2001) reported that African American adolescents who perceived discrimination toward African Americans in the workplace actually indicated greater self-efficacy for various career decision-making tasks. Furthermore, Evans and Herr (1994) found no significant relation between perceptions of discrimination toward African American women and the career aspirations among African American males or females. As a result of these discrepant findings, researchers have theorized that one's barrier coping efficacy, or the belief that one can cope with occupational barriers, may be more predictive of career outcomes than the perception of barriers (Hackett & Byars, 1996).…”

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Social Cognitive Predictors of African American Adolescents' Career Interests

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2007

Journal of Career Development

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This study examined the influence of social cognitive variables on African American adolescents' interest in environmental science. The sample consisted of 132 (57 male, 75 female) high school seniors enrolled in an urban scientific and technical high school from which 95% of graduates continue in higher education. Results of the regression analysis found that the predictor variables, including investigative self-efficacy, outcome expectations, perceived barriers, support, and environmental concerns, contributed significant variance to the prediction of interest in environmental science. The discussion highlights implications for school guidance counselors who are in a position to increase diversity in environmental science career fields and to facilitate career decisions among African American adolescents.

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“…Other studies found contrasting results with samples of African American adults. In particular, Evans and Herr (1994) found no relation between perceived discrimination and career aspirations, whereas Rollins (2001) reported that perceived discrimination led to greater self-efficacy for career decisionmaking tasks.…”

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Social Cognitive Predictors of African American Adolescents' Career Interests

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2007

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“…Jackson and Neville, 1998). Research in this area has also explored links between ethnic identity and the types of careers individuals might aspire towards (Evans and Herr, 1994), career decidedness (Duffy and Klingaman, 2009), the types of organisations individuals might consider as employers (Kim and Gefland, 2003) and religious identity and career choice (Kirton, 2009). …”

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Increases in salience of ethnic identity at work: The roles of ethnic assignation and ethnic identification

Kenny

Briner

2013

Human Relations

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To better understand how ethnicity is actually experienced within organisations, we examined reported increases in ethnic identity salience at work and responses to such increases. Thirty British black Caribbean graduate employees were interviewed about how and when they experienced their ethnic identity at work. The findings demonstrated that increased salience in ethnic identity was experienced in two key ways: through 'ethnic assignation' (a 'push' towards ethnic identity) and 'ethnic identification' (a 'pull' towards ethnic identity). We explore how and when ethnic assignation and ethnic identification occur at work, and their relevance to how workplaces are experienced by this group of minority ethnic employees.The findings suggest the need for further research attention to the dynamic and episodic nature of social identity, including ethnic identity, within organisations, and to the impact of such increases in salience of social identities on behaviour at work.

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“…It appears that career cognitions may parallel the maturation level of an individuals’ racial identity. A few studies, however, did not yield statistically significant relationships between racial identity and career decidedness, career maturity, or traditional African American career aspirations (Alston & McCowan, 1998; Carter & Constantine, 2000; Evans & Herr, 1994), highlighting the need for further research into how these variables relate across different African American samples (e.g., educational level) and contexts (e.g., predominantly-White, predominantly-Black).…”

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confidence: 99%