The equal opportunity illusion: The effects of prejudice and power on information seeking, employee evaluation, task assignment, and estimates of employee success

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• Author's Note
• Tables
• Appendices

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This study aims to investigate the influence of individual prejudice levels and situational power dynamics on various aspects of employer-employee interactions. The study focuses on how these factors affect information seeking strategies, employee evaluation, task assignment, and estimates of employee success in an ethnicity-relevant experimental setting. The experiment involves participants assuming the role of employers while interacting with an ostensibly black employee depicted in a photograph.

• The relationship between prejudice levels and information seeking strategies
• The impact of power instructions on employee evaluation and task assignment
• The effects of prejudice and power on estimations of employee success
• The role of stereotypes in influencing employer behavior
• The interaction effects of prejudice and power on information seeking, employee evaluation, task assignment, and estimated success

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

• Introduction: This chapter sets the stage for the study by discussing the prevalence of social stratification and the enduring nature of power imbalances among ethnic groups. It highlights the growing diversity in the United States and the need to understand how prejudice and power influence workplace interactions.
• Method: This chapter provides a detailed description of the experimental design, including participant recruitment, manipulation of power instructions, the measurement of prejudice levels, and the specific tasks assigned to participants.
• Results: This chapter presents the quantitative results of the study, focusing on the relationships between participant prejudice levels, power instructions, and their impact on information seeking, employee evaluation, task assignment, and estimated success.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

The study's main keywords and focus topics include prejudice, power, information seeking, employee evaluation, task assignment, estimated success, stereotypes, social stratification, and ethnic diversity.