Known by the company we keep: Stigma-by-association effects in the workplace

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kulik, Carol T.; Bainbridge, Hugh T. J.; Cregan, Christina
• 署名单位: University of South Australia; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Melbourne
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2008.27752765
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 216-230
• 关键词: LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; COURTESY STIGMA; social networks; STEREOTYPE ACTIVATION; structural-analysis; diversity; management; PREJUDICE; IMPACT; INFORMATION

摘要

We integrate the psychological literature on spillover effects in interpersonal perception, the sociological literature on stigma, and the organizational literature on gossip in social networks to develop a model explaining how coworkers evaluate organizational members who interact with stigmatized individuals. We present propositions predicting how coworker characteristics, relationship characteristics, and stigma characteristics influence the likelihood an initially nonstigmatized employee will be negatively evaluated following association with a stigmatized individual. Finally. we discuss implications of the model for organizations trying to foster relationships between organizational members and stigmatized individuals.