TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing majority members' pro-diversity beliefs in small teams
T2 - The facilitating effect of self-anchoring
AU - Van Veelen, Ruth
AU - Otten, Sabine
AU - Hansen, Nina
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Majority members often react negatively to efforts to stimulate diversity. An important reason for this is that in diverse groups, majority members' own group bond is typically based on perceived prototypicality, which serves to disregard those who are different. In the present research we investigate how majority members' pro-diversity beliefs may be enhanced, by experimentally manipulating how the self is cognitively defined in relation to a diverse group. Specifically, we hypothesize that majority members' focus on the personal self (i.e., selfanchoring) rather than the social self (i.e., self-stereotyping) when creating a group bond may facilitate their pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members. In two experiments we manipulated self-anchoring and self-stereotyping via mindset priming among ethnic majority members in diverse teams. As expected, results showed that relative to self-stereotyping, majority members' self-anchoring enhanced pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members.
AB - Majority members often react negatively to efforts to stimulate diversity. An important reason for this is that in diverse groups, majority members' own group bond is typically based on perceived prototypicality, which serves to disregard those who are different. In the present research we investigate how majority members' pro-diversity beliefs may be enhanced, by experimentally manipulating how the self is cognitively defined in relation to a diverse group. Specifically, we hypothesize that majority members' focus on the personal self (i.e., selfanchoring) rather than the social self (i.e., self-stereotyping) when creating a group bond may facilitate their pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members. In two experiments we manipulated self-anchoring and self-stereotyping via mindset priming among ethnic majority members in diverse teams. As expected, results showed that relative to self-stereotyping, majority members' self-anchoring enhanced pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members.
KW - Attitudes
KW - Majority
KW - Pro-diversity beliefs
KW - Self-anchoring
KW - Self-stereotyping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893915884&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/1618-3169/a000220
DO - 10.1027/1618-3169/a000220
M3 - Article
C2 - 23895925
AN - SCOPUS:84893915884
SN - 1618-3169
VL - 61
SP - 3
EP - 11
JO - Experimental Psychology
JF - Experimental Psychology
IS - 1
ER -