The Backlash of Token Mobility : The Impact of Past Group Experiences on Individual Ambition and Effort  

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Ellemers, Naomi ; Barreto, Manuela ; Palacios, Maria Soledad

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 30 no. 11 (Nov. 2004), page 1433-1445.
Topik: discrimination; individual mobility; token system; meritocracy; disadvantage; discrimination; aspirations; social structure
Fulltext: 1433PSPB3011.pdf (122.21KB)

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Two studies investigated the impact of past ingroup experiences on individual aspirations and effort. Participants were told that in the past, members of their group had either been offered no opportunities (closed), few opportunities (token), or equal opportunities (open) to achieve a desired outcome. The results show that past group experiences determine responses to current opportunities and affect the perceived feasibility of individual success as well as individual performance. Exposure to a token system has different effects, depending on whether the group is historically advantaged or disadvantaged. Whereas those with a collective history of success see token mobility as a challenge and show superior performance, the same situation constitutes a threat to members of a historically disadvantaged group, who fail to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them and perform suboptimally.

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