When being different is detrimental: Solo status and the performance of women and racial minorities

By M. Thompson, Denise Sekaquaptewa. 2002

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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A particular resiliency to threatening environments (2006, unknown): “…Cohen & Swim, 1995; Fuegen & Biernat, 2002; Kanter, 1977; Niemann & Dovidio, 1998; Sackett, DuBois, & Noe, 1991; Sekaquaptewa & Thompson, 2003; Thompson & Sekaquaptewa, 2002; Yoder, Aniakudo, & Berendsen, 2002; Yoder et al., 1996).1 Kanter (1977) suggested that individuals belonging to the…”
Race, Gender, and Bodily (Mis)Recognitions: Women of Color Faculty Experiences with White Students in the College Classroom (2011, background): “• Tokenization and Cultural Taxation: expected to teach about issues of race, mentor students of color, and serve on diversity committees, WOC are over-burdened as token representatives for their respective racial groups (baez, 2000; Thompson & sekaquaptewa, 2002).”
Microdynamics in diverse teams: A review and integration of the diversity and stereotyping literatures (2017, unknown): “This is particularly likely for solo (Sekaquaptewa & Thompson, 2003; Thompson & Sekaquaptewa, 2002) or token (Kanter, 1977; Roberson, Deitch, Brief, & Block, 2003) members in a team, given that 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38…”
Better together: Elements of successful scientific software development in a distributed collaborative community (2020, background): “These conferences directly strengthen our climate and culture, as solo-status[44] Rosetta scientists in their home lab meet in person with those sharing their identities in other RosettaCommons labs and beyond, forging ties and networks that endure past these meetings.”
Predicting transition and adjustment to college: biomedical and behavioral science aspirants’ and minority students’ first year of college (2007, background): “…indicates that such underrepresentation creates more scrutiny of their performance, results in underperformance in the context where others are believed to be of higher status, and increases the possibility of confirming the stereotype of one's group (Steele, 1997; Thompson and Sekaquaptewa, 2002).”
How Environments Can Threaten Academic Performance, Self-Knowledge, and Sense of Belonging (2006, background): “For example, when asked to imagine that they were taking an oral exam in front of a group that was of a different race, African-Americans responded that they would feel uncomfortable being seen as a representative of their group (as cited in Thompson and Sekaquaptewa, 2002).”
Sex, Lies, and Video Games: The Portrayal of Male and Female Characters on Video Game Covers (2007, background): “A number of studies have examined how men and women respond to this relative infrequency (see Thompson and Sekaquaptewa 2002 for a review).”
Disequilibrium and Resolution: The Nonlinear Effects of Diversity Courses on Well-Being and Orientations toward Diversity (2010, background): “Underrepresented students of color face additional pressure when they are the only member of their racial group in a social or academic situation (e.g., Thompson & Sekaquaptewa, 2002) or when they feel that their intellectual competence is being assessed or questioned (e.g., Steele, 1997).”