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Effects of Scope of Justice, Informant Ethnicity, and Information Frame on Attitudes towards Ethnicity‐based Selection
Author(s) -
Singer Ming S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/002075996401070
Subject(s) - ethnic group , economic justice , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , ethnology , humanities , social psychology , sociology , political science , philosophy , anthropology , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
The study ascertained whether attitudes towards ethnicity‐based employment selection would be affected by three variables: scope of justice, information frame, and informant ethnicity. Using a scenario approach, results showed that (1) European New Zealanders with greater scope of justice regarding Maori people were less opposed to an employment practice that involves granting preferential treatment to Maori candidates. (2) The frame of information about ethnicity‐based selection (i.e. preferential selection vs. diversity‐based selection) and informant ethnicity interacted with scope of justice in exerting a significant influence on respondents' views on ethnicity‐based selection. Furthermore, individuals' reactions to moral philosophers' justifications for merit or ethnicity‐based selection determined their overall attitudes towards each selection practice.

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