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Effects of Coworker Race and Task Demand on Task‐Related Outcomes as Mediated by Evoked Affect 1
Author(s) -
Hosoda Megumi,
StoneRomero Eugene F.,
Stone Dianna L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb01978.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , task (project management) , psychology , race (biology) , social psychology , white (mutation) , diversity (politics) , communication , political science , sociology , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , management , economics , gene , law
Using a 2 × 2 (Coworker Race × Task Demand) design and data from 180 White women who worked in dyads with a male confederate, the present study examined the effects of coworker race (White vs. Black) and task demand (low vs. high cognitive demand) on evoked affect, task attention, task performance, task satisfaction, and the desire to work alone (as opposed to with a coworker). As expected, results showed that coworker race and task demand evoked differing levels of affect, which, in turn, influenced several other outcomes. These findings have important implications for promoting racial diversity in organizations.