dc.contributor.author | Hewstone, Miles | de |
dc.contributor.author | Crisp, Richard J. | de |
dc.contributor.author | Contarello, Alberta | de |
dc.contributor.author | Voci, Alberto | de |
dc.contributor.author | Conway, Laura | de |
dc.contributor.author | Marletta, Giorgia | de |
dc.contributor.author | Willis, Hazel | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-01T05:48:00Z | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-30T04:47:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-30T04:47:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/22805 | |
dc.description.abstract | We tested Kanter’s (1977a, 1977b) theory concerning the effects of group proportions (sex ratios) on visibility, polarization and assimilation, using natural groups of women and men in academia. Study 1 compared male-skewed and male-tilted settings and found evidence of greater polarization by minority women than majority men. The only effect of group proportions occurred for perceived dispersion as a measure of assimilation; replicating Brown and Smith (1989), men showed an out-group (OH), and women an in-group (IH), homogeneity effect, and both effects were accentuated in the skewed setting. Study 2 extended the research to include male-skewed, male-tilted, balanced and female-tilted sex ratios. Men’s OH effect declined as relative out-group size increased, and women’s IH effect declined as relative in-group size increased. There was also a linear decrease in relative perceived in-group impact and status as actual relative in-group size declined. We discuss our findings with respect to the validity of Kanter’s theory, gender and group size as moderators of perceived variability, and methodological issues in studying diversity. | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.other | group size; in-group homogeneity; out-group homogeneity; perceived variability; sex ratios; tokenism; | |
dc.title | Tokens in the Tower: Perceptual Processes and Interaction Dynamics in Academic Settings with ‘Skewed’, ‘Tilted’ and ‘Balanced’ Sex Ratios | en |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.source.journal | Group Processes & Intergroup Relations | de |
dc.source.volume | 9 | de |
dc.source.issue | 4 | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | gender | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Gender | de |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-228056 | de |
dc.date.modified | 2011-03-01T05:48:00Z | de |
dc.rights.licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) | de |
dc.rights.licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | http://www.peerproject.eu/ | de |
internal.status | -1 | de |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10076167 | |
dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.source.pageinfo | 509-532 | |
internal.identifier.journal | 147 | de |
internal.identifier.document | 32 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430206067558 | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Postprint | en |
dc.description.pubstatus | Postprint | de |
internal.identifier.licence | 7 | |
internal.identifier.pubstatus | 2 | |
internal.identifier.review | 1 | |
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer | CERTAIN | |
internal.check.languageharmonizer | CERTAIN_RETAINED | |