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Predicting Joining and Participating in Minority Employee Network Groups
Author(s) -
Friedman Raymond A.,
Craig Kellina M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00362.x
Subject(s) - identity (music) , backlash , social identity theory , join (topology) , work (physics) , social network (sociolinguistics) , social psychology , social benefits , social group , psychology , business , political science , computer science , engineering , law , mathematics , mechanical engineering , physics , materials science , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , tailings , acoustics , metallurgy , social media
Do minority employees join network groups due to social identity, dissatisfaction with conditions at work, or career costs and benefits? Results show that joining is driven by social identity as well as expected costs (backlash) and benefits (career enhancement) but not by dissatisfaction, making it unlikely that they will become oppositional. Participation is also driven by cost‐benefit calculations and social identity (via the effect social identity has on the perceived benefits of network groups).