scholarly journals When psychological contract is violated: Revisiting the Rejection-Disidentification Model of immigrant integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 484-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti ◽  
Göksu Celikkol ◽  
Tuuli Anna Renvik ◽  
Viivi Eskelinen ◽  
Raivo Vetik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Russian Speakers ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comparative Survey ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination

In this study, we investigated how perceived ethnic discrimination is related to attitudes towards the national majority group and willingness to confront injustice to promote the social standing of a minority group. We examined this relationship via two mediating factors; national (dis)identification from and out-group (dis)trust of the national majority group. The Rejection-Disidentification Model (RDIM) was refined, first, to account for willingness to confront injustice as a consequence of perceived rejection, and second, intergroup (dis)trust was examined as an additional mediating mechanism that can explain attitudinal and behavioural reactions to perceived rejection simultaneously with national disidentification. The model was tested in a comparative survey data of Russian-speaking minority in Estonia (N = 482), Finland (N = 254), and Norway (N = 219). In all three countries, the more Russian-speakers identified as Russians and the more they perceived ethnic discrimination, the more negative were their attitudes toward the national majority groups and the more willing they were to engage in action to confront group-based injustice. Whereas disidentification from and distrust of national majority group accounted for the discrimination-attitude link to a large extent, both factors had demobilizing effects on willingness to confront injustice, making Russian-speaking immigrants more passive but hostile. The findings are discussed in relation to the risks involved in politicization of immigrants struggling with perceived inequalities.

scholarly journals Do We Stand Together? The Role of Perceived Personal and Group Threats in Predicting the Majority’s (Un)willingness to Confront Injustice on Behalf of a Minority

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göksu Celikkol ◽  
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti ◽  
Tuuli Anna Renvik ◽  
Raivo Vetik ◽  
David Lackland Sam
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Polynomial Regression ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Group Status ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Personal Threat ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination

Purpose: By utilizing data from Estonia, Finland, and Norway, this study explores how the perceptions of personal and group realistic threats, namely perceived ethnic discrimination and economic insecurity among national majorities, predict their unwillingness to confront injustice on behalf of Russian-speaking minority groups.Background: Previous research on collective action to promote minorities’ rights and social standing has focused either on minorities’ own actions or factors promoting the willingness of majority group members to engage in collective action on behalf of minorities. In contrast, factors explaining the reluctance of majority group members to engage in collective action on behalf of minority groups have remained less explored. For example, studies have then ignored that the majority members may also feel threatened and may be economically insecure. Furthermore, the possible discrepancy between perceived personal vs. in-group’s situation may influence majority group members’ (un)willingness to confront injustice on behalf of a minority group.Method: We employed polynomial regression with response surface analysis to analyze data gathered among national majority members in three countries (N = 1,341).Results: Perceived personal and group realistic threats were associated with heightened unwillingness to confront injustice on behalf of the Russian-speaking minority. Furthermore, participants were more unwilling to confront injustice when they perceived more group than personal threat.Conclusion: We found that majority group members’ (un)willingness to confront injustice on behalf of the minority is related to how secure they perceive their own and their group status. Our results contribute to previous research by pointing out the important drawbacks of majorities’ support for minorities’ wish for social change.

scholarly journals Kemiskinan dalam Perspektif Sosiologi

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Sulistya Wardaya ◽  
Anni Suprapti
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
University Housing ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
The Village

<p>This paper describes the social and cultural situation of Pematang Gubernur Village, Muara Bangka Hulu Sub-district, Bengkulu City. Formerly, this area belongs to Suku Lembak who lived in Tanjung Agung and Tanjung Jaya village. The population of Pematang Gubernur has increased along with the establishment of Bengkulu University housing and the relocation of government office of Bengkulu City to Muara Bangka Hulu Sub-district. Based on the sociological analysis, Suku Lembak becomes a minority group in their own territory and as a minority, they are no longer able to carry out their customs and traditions, in contrast, the migrants that have become majority group, in fact, can apply their traditions and rituals from their origin. This research found that the social structure of Pematang Gubernur Village is seeking its ideal format. The community of the village is diverse and live in different groups based on housing complex and kampong. This makes the community divided and trapped in the situation in which the interaction between groups is limited. This also makes the community of Padang Gubernur has a narrow perspective in understanding poverty by seeing it as merely a problem of success and failure in pursuing the career and business of their neighbors. They also have narrow self-orientation and non-competitive capacities.</p>

scholarly journals The labor market participation of recently-arrived immigrant women in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bentley Schieckoff ◽  
Claudia Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Female Immigrants ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination

Objective: This article investigates the role of motivation in female immigrants' labour force participation. Focusing on recently-arrived immigrants (who have resided in the host country for 18 months or less), we compare the outcomes of two different ethnic groups in Germany: Poles and Turks. Background: The immigrant integration literature tends to focus on the role of resources in immigrant labour market integration. However, when examining particularly the labour force participation of female immigrants, their motivation for joining the labour force is also important. Previous studies of female immigrants in Germany have often neglected this consideration, which includes aspects like culturally-specific gender values and perceived ethnic discrimination. Method: We use data from the SCIP project (Diehl et al., 2015) to conduct logistic regressions on female immigrants’ labour force participation. Our sample includes 829 female immigrants from Poland and Turkey between the ages of 18-60, who were either active in the labour force or were 'at risk' of entering.  Results: In line with previous studies, our analysis shows that female immigrants' labour market resources, mainly their prior work experience and German proficiency, greatly reduce the ethnic gap in labour force participation rates. Moreover, motivational factors have a large impact on this outcome for both groups, and greatly enhance the picture that our empirical models present. However, we find no evidence that perceived ethnic discrimination plays an important role.  Conclusion: Our analysis indicates that when seeking to understand the labour market participation of female immigrants, their resources and motivation should be seen as key components of a gender-sensitive analysis.

scholarly journals Social Power: The Gap Between Majority and Minority Groups in Martin Luther King Jr.’S Speeches

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Sylvia Christy Hendarto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Martin Luther King

This study examines the social power between majority and minority group as represented in Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. It investigates social power further into types of social power used, and how the gap between majority group and minority group is reflected in the speeches. Critical discourse analysis with socio cognitive approach was applied. The data were taken from three speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”, “Our God is Marching On”, and “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”. The result revealed that there were several types of social power appeared in the speeches. The finding on the gap between majority and minority group is reflected in their social status and roles in society.

scholarly journals Ethnic and gender discrimination in recruitment: Experimental evidence from Finland

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 403-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karmela Liebkind ◽  
Liisa Larja ◽  
Asteria Brylka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Status Group ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

We ask (1) how the position of an ethnic (majority or minority) group in the local ethnic hierarchy affects the amount of recruitment discrimination faced by applicants from that group, and (2) whether gender discrimination is dependent on occupational gender stereotypes in the same way among ethnic majority and minority applicants. We use the situation testing method for the first time in Finland: In an experimental study (Study 1), 103 dentistry students made recruitment decisions based on the CVs of three bogus applicants from different ethnic groups (Finnish, Austrian and Polish) and in a field experiment (Study 2), four test applicants (male and female Finns and Russians) with equivalent CVs applied for 1,258 vacant jobs, addressing gender discrimination in relation to occupational gender stereotypes as well as ethnic discrimination. Together these studies cover both skilled (Study 1) and semi-skilled jobs (Study 2) and applicants from ethnic minority groups originating from within as well as outside the EU. Results show that majority group members are more likely to be hired compared to minority members (both Studies) and that minority members from a higher status group are more likely to be hired than those from a lower status group (Study 1). Results also show that male applicants from the majority group were discriminated compared to women in occupations characterised as feminine, while Russian men faced recruitment discrimination compared to Russian women independently of the job’s gender stereotype (Study 2). Implications of recruitment discrimination based on ethnicity and gender are discussed.

scholarly journals Strategi Bertahan Agama Djawa Sunda (ADS) Cigugur

KALAM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Husnul Qodim
Keyword(s):  
Minority Group ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Local Religion ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
Descriptive Method

The local religion is one of the themes that is still important for the study. One of the local religions in West Java is Agama Djawa Sunda (Religion of Java Sunda). As a religious community in Indonesia, Agama Djawa Sunda (ADS) community is minority group category, beside they faced the prohibition from the state; they also received the discriminative acts from the majority groups. The question is how the strategy of ADS community to maintain their beliefs existence after the state prohibition. The research is qualitative approach using descriptive method. The data collection techniques are using field in-depth interview, observation and literary study related to the topic. The result of research concluded that ADS community has succeeded to maintain their beliefs existence from any threats and challenges of the majority group. There are three strategies to maintain: first, they have obeyed the state prohibition and converted under the subordination of formal religion, but they voiced for negotiating infinitely (‘voice’); second, they have reorganized repeatedly based on the ‘secure’ situation and the context of power played; third, they have reconstructed their early identity to a new identity, in early as the identity of beliefs being to the identity of custom.

Prejudiced Attitude Measurement Using the Rasch Rating Scale Model

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 553-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Rojas Tejada ◽  
Marisol Navas Luque ◽  
Oscar M. Lozano Rojas ◽  
Pedro J. Pérez Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Intentional Behavior ◽  
Rasch Rating Scale Model ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
Rating Scale Model

There have been two basic approaches for the study of minority group prejudice against the majority: to adapt instruments from the majority group, and to use qualitative techniques by analyzing the content of the discourse of the groups involved. Neither of these procedures solves the problem of measuring intergroup attitudes of majorities and minorities in interaction. This study shows the result of a prejudice scale which was developed to measure the attitude of both the minority and majority groups. Prejudice is conceived as an attitude which requires the beliefs or opinions about the out-group, the emotions it elicits, and the behavior or intentional behavior toward it to be known for its evaluation. The innovation in this work is that the psychometric development of the scale was based on the item response theory, and more specifically, the rating scale model.

Validation of the Brief Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire–Community Version in American Indians.

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Irene V. Blair ◽  
Chad Danyluck ◽  
Charles M. Judd ◽  
Spero M. Manson ◽  
Mark L. Laudenslager ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Indians ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination

Narrating Society: Enacting ‘Immigrant’ Characters through Negotiating, Naturalization, and Forgetting

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Boersma
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Media And Communication

This article scrutinizes how ‘immigrant’ characters of perpetual arrival are enacted in the social scientific work of immigrant integration monitoring. Immigrant integration research produces narratives in which characters—classified in highly specific, contingent ways as ‘immigrants’—are portrayed as arriving and never as having arrived. On the basis of ethnographic fieldwork at social scientific institutions and networks in four Western European countries, this article analyzes three practices that enact the characters of arrival narratives: negotiating, naturalizing, and forgetting. First, it shows how negotiating constitutes objects of research while at the same time a process of hybridization is observed among negotiating scientific and governmental actors. Second, a naturalization process is analyzed in which slippery categories become fixed and self-evident. Third, the practice of forgetting involves the fading away of contingent and historical circumstances of the research and specifically a dispensation of ‘native’ or ‘autochthonous’ populations. Consequently, the article states how some people are considered rightful occupants of ‘society’ and others are enacted to travel an infinite road toward an occupied societal space. Moreover, it shows how enactments of arriving ‘immigrant’ characters have performative effects in racially differentiating national populations and hence in narrating society. This article is part of the Global Perspectives, Media and Communication special issue on “Media, Migration, and Nationalism,” guest-edited by Koen Leurs and Tomohisa Hirata.

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