Intergroup structure and identity management among ethnic minority and majority groups: the interactive effects of perceived stability, legitimacy, and permeability

By M. Verkuyten, A. Reijerse. 2008

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This paper is an examination, in a natural setting, of the interactive effects of perceived stability, legitimacy, and group permeability on group identification, stereotypes, and group feelings among Turkish-Dutch and ethnically Dutch participants. The findings strongly support predictions derived from the social identity perspective. For the Turkish-Dutch, a legitimate interethnic structure meant rather unstable relations and permeable group boundaries. For the Dutch, the same structure implied stability and impermeability. For the Turkish-Dutch, a response pattern of individual mobility was found: if they viewed ethnic intergroup relations as legitimate and stable, permeability was negatively related to Turkish identification as well as to less stereotyping on the dimension defining Turkish identity. It was also related positively to Dutch identification and in-group bias in relation to other ethnic minority groups. For the Dutch participants, higher perceived legitimacy was associated with stronger in-group identification and more positive in-group evaluation. Additionally, in a legitimate context, stability was, for them, related to a lower stereotyping of the Turkish out-group on statusrelevant dimensions and more negative feelings towards ethnic out-groups in general.

Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Support for Multiculturalism and Minority Rights: The Role of National Identification and Out-group Threat (2009, background): “These conditions do not make it very likely that threats posed by immigrants and ethnic minorities lead to group-based strategies involving increased group identification or the turning to the in-group as a resource for coping with these threats (Verkuyten & Rijerese, 2008).”
The queen bee phenomenon: Why women leaders distance themselves from junior women (2016, background): “For instance, Verkuyten and Reijerse (2008) found that when Turkish Dutch students perceived opportunities to be individually successful in Dutch society, they subscribed to the stereotype of Turks as being less successful and persevering than the Dutch.”
Self-esteem and multiculturalism: An examination among ethnic minority and majority groups in the Netherlands (2009, methodology): “These items have been used in a previous study (Verkuyten & Reijerse, 2008) and were taken from Mummendey, Klink, Mielke, Wenzel, and Blanz (1999).”