Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
10-2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Program
Business
Advisor
Stephan Dilchert
Subject Categories
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Keywords
Bicultural, Social identity, Workplace deviance
Abstract
Research on biculturals has informed us much regarding their cognition and identity integration, however little as to the bicultural perception of in- and out-groups, and whether it can be primed. I examined this question in a workplace setting using the black sheep framework, specifically: Given the activation of one of a bicultural's specific cultural identities, will he or she allocate punishment to deviant employees of different cultural backgrounds differently based on whether he or she views them as an in-group or out-group member? In Study 1, I show that Asian-American biculturals do assess deviant employees of different cultural backgrounds differently depending on the cultural prime, and that this effect is moderated by their level of bicultural identity integration. In Study 2, I show that Hispanic-American biculturals exhibit a contrastive response to cultural primes, which still supports the main hypotheses (Study 2). The reason for this difference between the two study samples, implications for bicultural research, and organizational behavior research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Chiou, Andy Y., "Bicultural Social Identity: Do Biculturals Assess Workplace Deviance Differently Across Different Ethnicities?" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/342