Ethnic identity as a moderator of ingroup bias

Stokes-Guinan, Katie

doi:10.31979/etd.s3ww-pm3m

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“…Indeed, prior studies examining ethnic identity have found that people are motivated to favour their in-groups over out-groups (e.g., Stokes-Guinan, 2010;Verkuyten, 2003). This means that strong ethnic identity should yield greater intergroup differentiation, thus generating in-group bias (i.e., more favourable evaluations of one's own group compared to other groups).…”

Section: Hypothesis Formulation For Ethnic Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of ethnicity in whistleblowing: The case of Kenyan auditors

2021

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We examine whether ethnicity influences the ethical evaluation of an auditor's willingness (or unwillingness) to engage in whistleblowing. Utilising the concepts of ethnic identity and construal of self, we asked Kenyan auditors to assess an ethical dilemma in which auditors and wrongdoers belong to the same or a different ethnic group. We found that ethnic identity has no significant effect on an auditor's ethical evaluation of remaining silent if both the wrongdoer and potential whistleblower are from the same ethnic group. However, there is a significant effect on the ethical evaluation of whistleblowing if the wrongdoer is from a different ethnic group. We found that auditors with an interdependent construal of self are more likely to perceive as ethical the decision to remain silent if the wrongdoer is a member of their own ethnic group, but this finding did not hold when the wrongdoer is from a different ethnic group.

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Section: Hypothesis Formulation For Ethnic Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%