At the margins: A distinctiveness approach to the social identity and social networks of underrepresented groups

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mehra, A; Kilduff, M; Brass, DJ
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/257083
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 441-452
• 关键词: SPONTANEOUS SELF-CONCEPT; sex composition; SALIENCE; GENDER; ORGANIZATIONS; POWER; women

摘要

Using distinctiveness theory, this research showed that the relative rarity of a group in a social context tended to promote members' use of that group as a basis for shared identity and social interaction. Relative to majority group members, racial minorities and women in a master of business administration cohort were more likely to make identity and friendship choices within-group. The marginalization of racial minorities in the friendship network resulted both from exclusionary pressures and from minority individuals' own preferences for same-race friends. By contrast, the marginalization of women resulted more from exclusionary pressures than from their preferences for woman friends.