Justin Allen Berg
Biographic Data
| ID | 204899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin Allen Berg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin Allen |
| FAMILY NAME | Berg |
| SIGNATURE | BERG J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Dakota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 157 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Does Occupational Stress Play a Role in Forming Restrictionist Immigration Opinions
This study extends the labor market competition perspective of immigration attitudes by examining the influence of occupational stress and employer-sponsored stress management programs on native-born, full-time workers’ opinions toward immigration levels. Binary logit and ordered logit models, with data from the 2018 General Social Survey, test the predictions of three occupational stress theories: job demands-control-support, effort-reward balan…
Assessing the effects of intergroup contact on immigration attitudes
A significant number of native-born citizens hold anti-immigrant attitudes. Social science scholars often point to intergroup contact between native-born citizens and foreign-born residents as the solution to group threat fears regarding immigrants. Through social interaction, prejudice and stereotypes are expected to be replaced by empathy and positive attitudes. Studies indicate that immigrant friendship, greater frequency of contact in more so…
Multiracial Identities and Employee Absenteeism: Testing Contact and Depletion Hypotheses
Employee absenteeism costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year. Recent research finds that workplace characteristics are important predictors, yet variation remains by racial identity. Less is known about the reasons multiracial workers miss work. With data from the 2014 General Social Survey, we test a contact hypothesis and a depletion hypothesis. The findings support the depletion hypothesis. Multiracial workers are likely feeling c…
Does educational attainment influence the relationship between political orientation and opinions toward the Affordable Care Act
Research shows political orientation and educational attainment play important roles in shaping attitudes toward many social issues. While political differences in attitudes toward the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been observed, few have explored the effects of education on this relationship. Conventional wisdom suggests education has a liberalising effect on attitudes, yet empirical research does not always support …
Racial Attitudes of University Faculty Members: Does Interracial Contact Matter
Using primary data from a Midwestern university, this study examines racial attitudes of white faculty members. Contact theory is used to understand the variation in the number of racial minority students that white faculty members advise, independent of individual characteristics and social organizational factors. Findings indicate that white faculty members rate Asian/Asian American college students most favorably overall. In general, faculty t…
Americans' Approval of the 2010 Affordable Care Act: Self-interest and Symbolic Politics
Public opinion data show substantial variation in attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Utilizing a 2013 Gallup survey of U.S. adults, we examine the effects of self-interest and symbolic politics measures on several dimensions of ACA approval. Supporting symbolic politics, we find liberal political ideology, democratic party affiliation, and positive evaluations of President Obama are consistently associated with greater approval of th…
Explaining Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: A Review of the Theoretical Literature
In the research literature on immigration attitudes, there are a number of theories that explain why individuals hold positive or negative opinions of certain immigrant groups and immigration policies. In this review of the literature, the theories are summarized into five categories: personal and social identity, self and group interest, cultural values and beliefs, social interaction, and multilevel theories. The majority of the theories offer …
Whites’ Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: Are Multiracial Individuals a Source of Group Threat or Intergroup Contact
This study uses multilevel modeling with data from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Pew Research Center’s 2006 and 2011 surveys to examine the relationship between the relative size of the multiracial population, specifically mixed-race whites, in metropolitan areas and the immigration attitudes of native-born non-Hispanic whites. The results indicate that whites who live in metropolitan areas with higher percentages of mixed-race whites are more lik…
Opposition to Pro-Immigrant Public Policy: Symbolic Racism and Group Threat
This study examines the relationship between symbolic racism and native-born citizens' policy opinions toward legal and undocumented immigration. With data from the 1994GeneralSocialSurvey and theNPR/KaiserFoundation/KennedySchool ofGovernment 2004ImmigrationSurvey, the results from logit regression models indicate that symbolic racism significantly predicts opposition to legal immigration, immigrant access to federal aid, and standard costs for …
Homogamy and Intermarriage of Japanese and Japanese Americans With Whites Surrounding World War II
Although some sociologists have suggested that Japanese Americans quickly assimilated into mainstream America, scholars of Japanese America have highlighted the heightened exclusion that the group experienced. This study tracked historical shifts in the exclusion level of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States surrounding World War II with homogamy and intermarriage with Whites for the prewar (1930-1940) and resettlement (1946-1966)…
Race, Class, Gender, and Social Space: Using an Intersectional Approach to Study Immigration Attitudes
This study uses an intersectional approach to predict attitudes toward immigrants by examining the intersections of race, class, gender, and social space. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, generalized hierarchal linear modeling generates significant two-way and three-way interactions in predicting attitudes toward immigrants taking jobs, improving the economy, committing crime, and migrating to the United States. …
Core Networks and Whites’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy
Recent immigration has made the United States significantly more racially and ethnically diverse. These demographic changes prompt questions regarding intergroup conflict. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, I add to this discussion by using multilevel models to evaluate a network perspective in predicting native-born whites’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. The results indicate that native-born w…
White Public Opinion toward Undocumented Immigrants: Threat and Interpersonal Environment
Public opinion toward undocumented immigration is discussed in the popular media yet receives less attention in the social science literature. With data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census, and the General Social Survey, this study examines whites' immigration opinions in 1996 and 2004. The results indicate that in 1996 whites who lived in areas with greater unemployment were more likely to favor government action against undocum…
Differentiation in Self-Perceived Adulthood: Extending the Confluence Model of Subjective Age Identity
This study examines and extends the confluence model of age identity by testing whether young people's self-perceptions as adults are linked to role transitions, self-assessed personal qualities, and social location. We propose that young people's sense of adulthood and the factors associated with it vary based on socially structured experience tied to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. Analyzing data from 18–28 year olds in the Natio…
Core Networks and Whites’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy
Recent immigration has made the United States significantly more racially and ethnically diverse. These demographic changes prompt questions regarding intergroup conflict. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, I add to this discussion by using multilevel models to evaluate a network perspective in predicting native-born whites’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. The results indicate that native-born w…
White Public Opinion toward Undocumented Immigrants: Threat and Interpersonal Environment
Public opinion toward undocumented immigration is discussed in the popular media yet receives less attention in the social science literature. With data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census, and the General Social Survey, this study examines whites' immigration opinions in 1996 and 2004. The results indicate that in 1996 whites who lived in areas with greater unemployment were more likely to favor government action against undocum…
Race, Class, Gender, and Social Space: Using an Intersectional Approach to Study Immigration Attitudes
This study uses an intersectional approach to predict attitudes toward immigrants by examining the intersections of race, class, gender, and social space. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, generalized hierarchal linear modeling generates significant two-way and three-way interactions in predicting attitudes toward immigrants taking jobs, improving the economy, committing crime, and migrating to the United States. …
Differentiation in Self-Perceived Adulthood: Extending the Confluence Model of Subjective Age Identity
This study examines and extends the confluence model of age identity by testing whether young people's self-perceptions as adults are linked to role transitions, self-assessed personal qualities, and social location. We propose that young people's sense of adulthood and the factors associated with it vary based on socially structured experience tied to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. Analyzing data from 18–28 year olds in the Natio…
Opposition to Pro-Immigrant Public Policy: Symbolic Racism and Group Threat
This study examines the relationship between symbolic racism and native-born citizens' policy opinions toward legal and undocumented immigration. With data from the 1994GeneralSocialSurvey and theNPR/KaiserFoundation/KennedySchool ofGovernment 2004ImmigrationSurvey, the results from logit regression models indicate that symbolic racism significantly predicts opposition to legal immigration, immigrant access to federal aid, and standard costs for …
Assessing the effects of intergroup contact on immigration attitudes
A significant number of native-born citizens hold anti-immigrant attitudes. Social science scholars often point to intergroup contact between native-born citizens and foreign-born residents as the solution to group threat fears regarding immigrants. Through social interaction, prejudice and stereotypes are expected to be replaced by empathy and positive attitudes. Studies indicate that immigrant friendship, greater frequency of contact in more so…
Homogamy and Intermarriage of Japanese and Japanese Americans With Whites Surrounding World War II
Although some sociologists have suggested that Japanese Americans quickly assimilated into mainstream America, scholars of Japanese America have highlighted the heightened exclusion that the group experienced. This study tracked historical shifts in the exclusion level of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States surrounding World War II with homogamy and intermarriage with Whites for the prewar (1930-1940) and resettlement (1946-1966)…
Whites’ Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: Are Multiracial Individuals a Source of Group Threat or Intergroup Contact
This study uses multilevel modeling with data from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Pew Research Center’s 2006 and 2011 surveys to examine the relationship between the relative size of the multiracial population, specifically mixed-race whites, in metropolitan areas and the immigration attitudes of native-born non-Hispanic whites. The results indicate that whites who live in metropolitan areas with higher percentages of mixed-race whites are more lik…
Americans' Approval of the 2010 Affordable Care Act: Self-interest and Symbolic Politics
Public opinion data show substantial variation in attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Utilizing a 2013 Gallup survey of U.S. adults, we examine the effects of self-interest and symbolic politics measures on several dimensions of ACA approval. Supporting symbolic politics, we find liberal political ideology, democratic party affiliation, and positive evaluations of President Obama are consistently associated with greater approval of th…
Racial Attitudes of University Faculty Members: Does Interracial Contact Matter
Using primary data from a Midwestern university, this study examines racial attitudes of white faculty members. Contact theory is used to understand the variation in the number of racial minority students that white faculty members advise, independent of individual characteristics and social organizational factors. Findings indicate that white faculty members rate Asian/Asian American college students most favorably overall. In general, faculty t…
Differentiation in Self-Perceived Adulthood: Extending the Confluence Model of Subjective Age Identity
This study examines and extends the confluence model of age identity by testing whether young people's self-perceptions as adults are linked to role transitions, self-assessed personal qualities, and social location. We propose that young people's sense of adulthood and the factors associated with it vary based on socially structured experience tied to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. Analyzing data from 18–28 year olds in the Natio…
Core Networks and Whites’ Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy
Recent immigration has made the United States significantly more racially and ethnically diverse. These demographic changes prompt questions regarding intergroup conflict. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, I add to this discussion by using multilevel models to evaluate a network perspective in predicting native-born whites’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. The results indicate that native-born w…
White Public Opinion toward Undocumented Immigrants: Threat and Interpersonal Environment
Public opinion toward undocumented immigration is discussed in the popular media yet receives less attention in the social science literature. With data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census, and the General Social Survey, this study examines whites' immigration opinions in 1996 and 2004. The results indicate that in 1996 whites who lived in areas with greater unemployment were more likely to favor government action against undocum…
Homogamy and Intermarriage of Japanese and Japanese Americans With Whites Surrounding World War II
Although some sociologists have suggested that Japanese Americans quickly assimilated into mainstream America, scholars of Japanese America have highlighted the heightened exclusion that the group experienced. This study tracked historical shifts in the exclusion level of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States surrounding World War II with homogamy and intermarriage with Whites for the prewar (1930-1940) and resettlement (1946-1966)…
Race, Class, Gender, and Social Space: Using an Intersectional Approach to Study Immigration Attitudes
This study uses an intersectional approach to predict attitudes toward immigrants by examining the intersections of race, class, gender, and social space. With data from the 2004 General Social Survey and the 2000 Census, generalized hierarchal linear modeling generates significant two-way and three-way interactions in predicting attitudes toward immigrants taking jobs, improving the economy, committing crime, and migrating to the United States. …
Opposition to Pro-Immigrant Public Policy: Symbolic Racism and Group Threat
This study examines the relationship between symbolic racism and native-born citizens' policy opinions toward legal and undocumented immigration. With data from the 1994GeneralSocialSurvey and theNPR/KaiserFoundation/KennedySchool ofGovernment 2004ImmigrationSurvey, the results from logit regression models indicate that symbolic racism significantly predicts opposition to legal immigration, immigrant access to federal aid, and standard costs for …
Whites’ Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: Are Multiracial Individuals a Source of Group Threat or Intergroup Contact
This study uses multilevel modeling with data from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Pew Research Center’s 2006 and 2011 surveys to examine the relationship between the relative size of the multiracial population, specifically mixed-race whites, in metropolitan areas and the immigration attitudes of native-born non-Hispanic whites. The results indicate that whites who live in metropolitan areas with higher percentages of mixed-race whites are more lik…
Explaining Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy: A Review of the Theoretical Literature
In the research literature on immigration attitudes, there are a number of theories that explain why individuals hold positive or negative opinions of certain immigrant groups and immigration policies. In this review of the literature, the theories are summarized into five categories: personal and social identity, self and group interest, cultural values and beliefs, social interaction, and multilevel theories. The majority of the theories offer …
Americans' Approval of the 2010 Affordable Care Act: Self-interest and Symbolic Politics
Public opinion data show substantial variation in attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Utilizing a 2013 Gallup survey of U.S. adults, we examine the effects of self-interest and symbolic politics measures on several dimensions of ACA approval. Supporting symbolic politics, we find liberal political ideology, democratic party affiliation, and positive evaluations of President Obama are consistently associated with greater approval of th…
Racial Attitudes of University Faculty Members: Does Interracial Contact Matter
Using primary data from a Midwestern university, this study examines racial attitudes of white faculty members. Contact theory is used to understand the variation in the number of racial minority students that white faculty members advise, independent of individual characteristics and social organizational factors. Findings indicate that white faculty members rate Asian/Asian American college students most favorably overall. In general, faculty t…
Does educational attainment influence the relationship between political orientation and opinions toward the Affordable Care Act
Research shows political orientation and educational attainment play important roles in shaping attitudes toward many social issues. While political differences in attitudes toward the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been observed, few have explored the effects of education on this relationship. Conventional wisdom suggests education has a liberalising effect on attitudes, yet empirical research does not always support …
Assessing the effects of intergroup contact on immigration attitudes
A significant number of native-born citizens hold anti-immigrant attitudes. Social science scholars often point to intergroup contact between native-born citizens and foreign-born residents as the solution to group threat fears regarding immigrants. Through social interaction, prejudice and stereotypes are expected to be replaced by empathy and positive attitudes. Studies indicate that immigrant friendship, greater frequency of contact in more so…
Multiracial Identities and Employee Absenteeism: Testing Contact and Depletion Hypotheses
Employee absenteeism costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year. Recent research finds that workplace characteristics are important predictors, yet variation remains by racial identity. Less is known about the reasons multiracial workers miss work. With data from the 2014 General Social Survey, we test a contact hypothesis and a depletion hypothesis. The findings support the depletion hypothesis. Multiracial workers are likely feeling c…
Does Occupational Stress Play a Role in Forming Restrictionist Immigration Opinions
This study extends the labor market competition perspective of immigration attitudes by examining the influence of occupational stress and employer-sponsored stress management programs on native-born, full-time workers’ opinions toward immigration levels. Binary logit and ordered logit models, with data from the 2018 General Social Survey, test the predictions of three occupational stress theories: job demands-control-support, effort-reward balan…
Sociology (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works)