Fear of Job Loss
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Privileged Occupations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2135282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Wilson (0000-0002-6620-9427, University of Miami, corresponding author), Krysia Mossakowski, Krysia N Mossakowski (0000-0003-0624-0120, University of Miami) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 357-374 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1742-058X • E-ISSN: 1742-0598 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1742058x09990221 |
| OpenAlex | W2122851160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 61 |
Sociologists have not attempted to explain the causes of higher levels of perceived job insecurity among racial/ethnic minorities than those of Whites in privileged occupations. This study examines two possible explanations for this finding among White, African American, and Latino professionals and managers. The first emphasizes the discrimination-induced, structural marginality experienced by minorities in the workplace (the marginalized-worker perspective), and the second emphasizes learned dispositions-i.e., fatalism and mistrust-that are brought to the workplace (the dispositional perspective). Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS) and ordered probit regression analyses for both men and women, our findings provide greater support for the marginalized-worker perspective. Results reveal African Americans and Latino men and women have a greater fear of job loss than their White counterparts, regardless of their human capital credentials (e.g., education, work experience) and job/labor market advantages (e.g., job authority, job autonomy, unionized status, favorable market sector). Along these lines, these traditional, stratification-based predictors provide greater insulation from perceived job insecurity for Whites than racial/ethnic minorities. Less support is found for the dispositional perspective: one disposition-fatalism-is associated with greater fear of job loss for African American men and women compared to Whites
Autonomy · Demographic economics · Disengagement theory · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Fatalism · Human capital · Job loss · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |