Ethnic Differences in Endorsement of the Protestant Work Ethic: The Role of Ethnic Identity and Perceptions of Social Class.

The authors examined ethnic differences in endorsement of the Protestant work ethic (PWE; M. Weber, 1905) among Black (n = 96) and White (n = 149) college students and tested whether differences in ethnic identity and perceptions of social class mediated the relationship between ethnicity and the en...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 147; no. 1; pp. 75 - 90
Main Authors: Cokley, Kevin, Komarraju, Meera, Pickett, Rachel
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd February 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=507956518&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 507956518
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00224545
        JSY
      jtl: Journal of Social Psychology
      issn: 00224545
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: February 2007
      vid: 147
      iid: 1
      pid: 58221
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    artinfo:
      ui:
        507956518
        10.3200/SOCP.147.1.75-89
      ppf: 75
      ppct: 15
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 3.4MB
      tig:
        atl: Ethnic Differences in Endorsement of the Protestant Work Ethic: The Role of Ethnic Identity and Perceptions of Social Class.
      aug:
        au:
          Cokley, Kevin
          Komarraju, Meera
          Pickett, Rachel
      su:
        Social perception
        Work ethic
        Ethnicity
        Psychology
        Social classes
      sug:
        subj:
          Social perception
          Work ethic
          Ethnicity
          Psychology
          Social classes
      ab: The authors examined ethnic differences in endorsement of the Protestant work ethic (PWE; M. Weber, 1905) among Black (n = 96) and White (n = 149) college students and tested whether differences in ethnic identity and perceptions of social class mediated the relationship between ethnicity and the endorsement of PWE values. Blacks were higher in levels of ethnic identity, more likely to see themselves as working or middle class, and less likely to endorse the PWE. Only perceptions of social class partially mediated the relationship between ethnicity and PWE values. The authors concluded that perception of social class is an important construct that might influence the cultural psychology of different ethnic groups. The authors recommended further research involving PWE and other cultural variables. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N