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JOB ORIENTATION OF BLACK AND WHITE COLLEGE GRADUATES IN BUSINESS
Author(s) -
BRENNER O. C.,
TOMKIEWICZ JOSEPH
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1982.tb02187.x
Subject(s) - psychology , race (biology) , preference , social psychology , white (mutation) , racial differences , orientation (vector space) , demographic economics , ethnic group , gender studies , sociology , statistics , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , anthropology , economics , gene
Differences in job orientation between black and white male and female business college graduates were examined. Significant race differences were found on 10 of 25 job characteristics, with blacks rating 9 of these more important than whites. Significant race by sex interactions exist on four characteristics, while sex differences were found on nine. Factor analysis indicates that blacks value long‐range career objectives and structure considerably more than do whites, while their preference for intrinsic and extrinsic factors was less pronounced. Methods by which organizations can satisfy the greater importance placed on many job characteristics by blacks are explored.