Carson Motivates Minorities

Diversity Is in the Eye of the Beholder : How Concern for the In - Group Affects Perceptions of Racial

The reported studies suggest that concern for the in-group motivates Asian Americans and African Americans to define diversity specifically, that is, as entailing both minorities’ numerical and hierarchical representation, while motivating White Americans to define diversity broadly, that is, as entailing either minorities’ high numerical and/or hierarchical representation in an organization. S...

The Multilingual City: Vitality, Conflict, and Change, Edited by Lid King & Lorna Carson (2006), Multilingual Matters, ISBN-13 978-1-78309-477-6

Minorities’ Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Hospitalization Risk: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Background: As suggested by the Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs) theory, educational attainment shows a weaker protective effect for racial and ethnic minority groups compared to non-Hispanic Whites. This pattern, however, is never shown for hospitalization risk. Objectives: This cross-sectional study explored racial and ethnic variations in the asso...

The effect of the principle of dignity on the treatment of religious minorities in Islamic political thought Looking at the constitutions of Iran, Kuwait and Syria

According to the Islamic worldview, human beings are inherently human beings and regardless of any kind of discrimination or privilege, they have inherent value and dignity. Belief in this progressive principle determines the type of attitude and treatment of religious minorities in Islamic societies. In the present age, which is known as the age of communication, the presence of religious min...

Impact of Safavid kings’ acts of power on the divergence of minorities in the second period of the Safavids based on the reports of travel logs

Writers of the travel logs in the second period of Safavid rule have given narrative accounts of the status of ethnic-religious minorities, through which the identity issue of minorities and its role in diverging them from the body of government can be identified. In these narratives, both the minority groups that entered into Iran as a result of Shah Abbas's structural policies, and the ethnic...

Diversity Is in the Eye of the Beholder 1 Running head: PERCEPTIONS OF DIVERSITY Diversity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: How Concern for the In-Group Affects Perceptions of Racial Diversity

The reported studies suggest that concern for the in-group motivates Asian Americans and African Americans to define diversity specifically, that is, as entailing both minorities’ numerical and hierarchical representation, while motivating White Americans to define diversity broadly, that is, as entailing either minorities’ high numerical and/or hierarchical representation in an organization. S...