白人工人如何处理工作场所的种族差异:社会情感过程和工作场所种族构成的作用

IF 4.4 2区 社会学 Q1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
J. Nelson, Tiffany D. Johnson
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对种族化情绪和种族化组织的研究已经开始告诉我们如何理解工作场所的社会互动及其对种族不平等的影响。然而,迄今为止,大多数研究都集中在少数种族工人的经历和应对策略上,特别是在面对种族偏见和歧视的情况下。我们通过绘制归属/不归属白人工人在工作场所遇到种族不适或感知偏见时所经历的阶段,扩展了对工作场所种族化情绪的研究。这是对种族和工作研究的重要贡献,因为现有的研究表明,当白人在种族交往中经历威胁、恐惧和焦虑等负面情绪时,有色人种会受到有害影响。根据对美国东南部大都市地区56名白人教师的采访数据,我们记录了种族化归属的过程。在这个过程中,白人工人经历了不同程度的惊讶、困惑、沮丧和恐惧,这些都是由于与同事和学生的不同种族的经历而产生的。我们注意到这个过程是如何在进入工作场所之前被种族化的印记所影响的,然后是种族化的情绪和种族化的应对。工作场所的种族构成也发挥了作用,尽管这个过程在不同的背景下看起来相似。我们认为,考虑到白人工人以前的生活经历以及组织对他们的情感期望的参与,当种族对白人工人来说变得突出时,他们的行为方式可以更好地理解和解决。
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How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition
Research on racialized emotions and racialized organizations has begun to inform how we understand social interactions in the workplace and their implications for racial inequality. However, most research to date focuses on the experiences and coping strategies of racial minority workers, especially when confronted with instances of racial prejudice and discrimination. We extend research on racialized emotions in the workplace by mapping the stages of belonging/unbelonging white workers go through when they encounter instances of racial discomfort or perceived prejudice in the workplace. This is an important contribution to the study of race and work because existing research suggests the deleterious effects for people of color when white people experience negative emotions such as threat, fear, and anxiety in interracial encounters. Drawing on interview data with 56 white teachers in a metropolitan area in the U.S. Southeast, we document a process of racialized belonging. This is a process whereby white workers experienced varying degrees of surprise, confusion, frustration, and fear resulting from interracial—and some intraracial—experiences with coworkers as well as students. We note how the process is informed by racialized imprinting prior to workplace entry and followed by racialized emotions and racialized coping. Racial composition of the workplace also played a role, though the process looked similar across contexts. We argue that by accounting for white workers’ prior life experiences as well as organizations’ involvement in accommodating their emotional expectations, the way white workers behave when race becomes salient to them can be better understood and addressed.
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5.90
自引率
24.10%
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21
期刊介绍: For over 30 years, Work and Occupations has published rigorous social science research on the human dynamics of the workplace, employment, and society from an international, interdisciplinary perspective. Work and Occupations provides you with a broad perspective on the workplace, examining international approaches to work-related issues as well as insights from scholars in a variety of fields, including: anthropology, demography, education, government administration, history, industrial relations, labour economics, management, psychology, and sociology. In addition to regular features including research notes, review essays, and book reviews.
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