Why work it when you can dodge it? Identity responses to ethnic stigma among professionals

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dc.contributor.authorDoldor, Elena
dc.contributor.authorAtewologun, Doyin
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-29T09:45:58Z
dc.date.available2020-01-29T09:45:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-21
dc.description.abstractProfessionals commonly seek to repair stigmatized identities by constructing more positive and relatively coherent self-views. This study draws on interview, observation and diary data from Romanian professionals in the UK, in order to understand how they construct their identities when faced with ethno-cultural stigma. We find that these professionals engage in counterintuitive identity responses which consist of simultaneously denying and acknowledging personal stigmatization (doublethink), and evading engagement with the stigmatized identity (dodging). Unlike the restorative identity work highlighted by previous studies, these atypical responses require less effort, provide less coherence and do not attempt to restore the blemished ethnocultural identity. Our analyses further indicate that being professional and being White confer individuals privileges that sustain doublethink and dodging. We contribute to scholarship by underscoring the need to consider both stigmatized and privileged identities, when investigating reactions to stigma. We also reflect on the practical implications for organizations of what it means for stigmatized individuals to deny stigmatization or to dodge engagement with stigmaen_UK
dc.identifier.citationDoldor E, Atewologun D. (2020) Why work it when you can dodge it? Identity responses to ethnic stigma among professionals. Human Relations, Volume 74, Issue 6, June 2021, pp. 892-921en_UK
dc.identifier.cris25014671
dc.identifier.issn0018-7267
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719895552
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15034
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSageen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectStigmaen_UK
dc.subjectIdentityen_UK
dc.subjectIdentity worken_UK
dc.subjectidentity doublethinken_UK
dc.subjectIdentity dodgingen_UK
dc.subjectProfessionalsen_UK
dc.subjectMigrantsen_UK
dc.titleWhy work it when you can dodge it? Identity responses to ethnic stigma among professionalsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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