The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Members of stigmatized racial groups who realize that they might face employment discrimination may engage in résumé whitening, whereby they downplay the role of their group identity in their résumés. Although it has been documented that...

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Main Author: Abdul Karim, Muhammad Fazuan
Other Authors: Ashburn-Nardo, Leslie
Language:en_US
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1805/25581
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spelling ndltd-IUPUI-oai-scholarworks.iupui.edu-1805-255812021-04-08T05:08:18Z The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity Abdul Karim, Muhammad Fazuan Ashburn-Nardo, Leslie Pietri, Evava Williams, Jane resume resume whitening ingroup African American Black racial identity Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Members of stigmatized racial groups who realize that they might face employment discrimination may engage in résumé whitening, whereby they downplay the role of their group identity in their résumés. Although it has been documented that this approach helps members of stigmatized groups, such as Black American and Asian American individuals, move forward in their pursuit of employment (Kang, DeCelles, Tilcsik, & Jun, 2016), little is known about how their ingroup members would perceive this behavior. The current study explores the potential backlash coming from their own ingroup members when Black targets engage in résumé whitening. 2021-04-06T11:47:13Z 2021-04-06T11:47:13Z 2021-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1805/25581 en_US Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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topic resume
resume whitening
ingroup
African American
Black
racial identity
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resume whitening
ingroup
African American
Black
racial identity
Abdul Karim, Muhammad Fazuan
The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
description Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Members of stigmatized racial groups who realize that they might face employment discrimination may engage in résumé whitening, whereby they downplay the role of their group identity in their résumés. Although it has been documented that this approach helps members of stigmatized groups, such as Black American and Asian American individuals, move forward in their pursuit of employment (Kang, DeCelles, Tilcsik, & Jun, 2016), little is known about how their ingroup members would perceive this behavior. The current study explores the potential backlash coming from their own ingroup members when Black targets engage in résumé whitening.
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title The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
title_short The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
title_full The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
title_fullStr The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Resume Whitening on African Americans Ingroup Members' Perceived Likability, Hireability, Future Encounters, and Emotional Reactions: The Role of Perceived Racial Identity
title_sort effect of resume whitening on african americans ingroup members' perceived likability, hireability, future encounters, and emotional reactions: the role of perceived racial identity
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