Social Identity Correlates of Minority Workers' Health.

Unseen Injustice: Incivility as Modern Discrimination in Organizations

“…In addition, similar motivations may drive these different forms of abuse, such as instigators' pursuit of social power/dominance, disregard for authority and norms, desire for valued resources, self-presentational goals, and value differences with the target (Andersson & Pearson, 1999;Buchanan, 2005;Cleveland & Kerst, 1993;Deitch et al, 2004;James, Lovato, & Khoo, 1994;Lim & Cortina, 2005;O'Leary-Kelly, Paetzold, & Griffin, 2000;Pearson & Porath, 2004;Sanchez & Brock, 1996;Schneider, Hitlan, & Radhakrishnan, 2000;Thacker & Ferris, 1991). In addition, perhaps incivility, sexual harassment, and racial harassment are, at times, one and the same.…”

An examination of the nature and correlates of ethnic harassment experiences in multiple contexts.

“…Krieger and Sidney (1996) found that African Americans who reported that they had been made to feel inferior on the basis of race had higher blood pressure, measured during a subsequent medical examination, than participants who did not report such experiences. Similarly, Mexican Americans' reports of discrimination experiences have been shown to predict blood pressure levels, in addition to self-reported illness (K. James, Lovato, & Khoo, 1994). Minority employees who experience higher levels of workplace prejudice and discrimination have been shown to report more psychosomatic health problems than those who did not have such experiences (K. James, 1994).…”

Discrimination-Related Stress, Blood Pressure and Epstein-Barr Virus Antibodies Among Latin American Immigrants in Oregon, Us

“…Numerous studies have shown that these disparities -such as disproportionate disease risk among minority populations when compared with the white population -are not only the result of less access to health care and prevention services by minority groups, but are also related to perceptions of racial or ethnic discrimination as a type of stressful life experience (Harrell et al, 2003;Williams et al, 2003;Dressler et al, 2005;Ryan et al, 2006). Discrimination-related stress has been shown to correlate with biological measures such as elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP, respectively;Dressler, 1990;James et al, 1994;Ryan et al, 2006). Chronic psychosocial stress, such as that related to discrimination, has also been linked to elevated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibody levels indicative of reduced cell-mediated immune function (Kiecolt-Glaser et al, 1984Glaser et al, 1985).…”