TY  - JOUR
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
VL  - 110
KW  - Objectivity
KW  -  racial expertise
KW  -  diversity
KW  -  organizations
KW  -  ingroup bias
PB  - Elsevier
JF  - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
A1  - Torrez, Brittany
A1  - Dupree, Cydney H
A1  - Kraus, Michael W
AV  - public
TI  - How race influences perceptions of objectivity and hiring preferences
Y1  - 2024/01//
SN  - 0022-1031
ID  - discovery10189783
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104524
EP  - 14
N2  - Objectivity norms can act as a source of mistrust of marginalized voices within organizations. In this paper, we study White evaluators' perceptions of Black applicants' objectivity and hireability in a field where objectivity is considered imperative: journalism. We predicted that Black journalists will be viewed as less objective and as having more ingroup bias regarding racial issues coverage compared to White journalists. Importantly, we expected these patterns to emerge in opposition to hiring judgments that would, overall, favor Black journalists over White journalists for roles reporting on racial issues due to perceptions of their racial expertise. Meta-analyses of three samples (N = 1725) found that White perceivers rated Black journalists as less objective and more biased, yet more racially expert and hireable, than White journalists. In follow up correlational analysis we found consistent evidence that perceptions of racial expertise positively impact hiring judgments for Black journalists even as perceptions of objectivity suppress hiring preferences. Overall, these studies illuminate the costs of racial marginalization in primarily-White workplaces, even when there are apparent hiring advantages, and demonstrate potential barriers to inclusion and accurate racial issues coverage.
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