Socioethnic explanations for racioethnic differences in job satisfaction

Abstract

Recent studies of racioethnic differences in job satisfaction have yielded inconsistent results. It is posited that the physical variable race/national origin (synonymous with physioethnicity), that is commonly used to operationalize race/ethnicity, is not sufficiently comprehensive to detect the social and cultural essence of racioethnicity. Thus, this article offers “socioethnicity” as a less observable type of racioethnicity. This delineation of socioethnicity enables the researchers and practitioners to measure the number of cultures with which an individual identifies. Based on previous research findings and grounded in orthogonal cultural identification theory, it is hypothesized that multicultural members of the majority group in a racioethnically diverse work environment will be more satisfied with their coworkers than monocultural members. Results supported the hypothesis.

Citation

Friday, S.S., Moss, S.E. and Friday, E. (2004), "Socioethnic explanations for racioethnic differences in job satisfaction", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 152-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621710410517247