Racial harassment: Case characteristics and employer responsibilities

Harrick, Edward J.; Sullivan, George M.

doi:10.1007/bf02621276

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“…Harassment included unnecessary and negative behaviors or attention that had an ethnic, language, or nationalist basis (Harrick & Sullivan, 1995). Most of the behaviors reported were verbal, consistent with Schneider et al's (2000) conceptualization of harassment.…”

Section: Research Question 2: Effects Of Speaking Spanishmentioning

confidence: 53%

Identity and Language

Bergman

Watrous-Rodriguez

Chalkley

2008

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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Language is an important marker of identity. Guided by social identity theory and using a grounded theory approach, this study examined how languages are chosen and shape experiences in the workplace. Results suggest that language use is influenced by both external (norms, business needs) and internal (identity, language comfort) processes. Furthermore, speaking Spanish in the workplace has both positive (inclusion, camaraderie) and negative effects (exclusion, harassment, discrimination), with many more negative effects reported by our participants. Speaking Spanish appears to mark the speaker as an outsider. Together, our results indicate that language use is an important choice, personally and professionally, for employees and plays an important role in the way individuals are treated in the workplace.

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Section: Research Question 2: Effects Of Speaking Spanishmentioning

confidence: 53%

Identity and Language

Bergman

Watrous-Rodriguez

Chalkley

2008

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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“…Racial discrimination often has an impact upon an employment decision, job advancement, or some form of work-related opportunity, whereas racial harassment typically involves differential treatment based on race and the maintenance of a hostile or offensive work environment (Harrick & Sullivan, 1995). Racial harassment can have several dimensions, including verbal racial harassment, such as slurs and derogatory comments about the victim's racial or ethnic group, exclusion from work-related or social interactions because of ethnicity (Schneider, Hitlan, & Radhakrishnan, 2000), and physical forms of harassment directed at an ethnic group (Ormerod, Bergman, Palmieri, Drasgow, & Juraska, 2001).…”

Section: Racial Harassmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Racialized Sexual Harassment in the Lives of African American Women

2002

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“…The psychological stress caused by ethnic harassment may be severe for employees, and organizations may sacrifice productivity if employee complaints concerning ethnic harassment are not taken seriously (Harrick & Sullivan, 1995).…”

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