Given the changing work force demographics and the increased globalization of businesses, the usage of a multidimensional construct to assess racioethnic differences in job‐related attitudes and behaviors may be able to provide researchers and practitioners with a better understanding of how to more effectively manage diverse individuals within various organizational contexts. As such, it is purported that racioethnicity is multidimensional, with at least three dimensions: physioethnicity, the physical dimension; socioethnicity, the sociocultural dimension; and psychoethnicity, the psychological dimension. It is further posited that examining socioethnicity and psychoethnicity, in addition to physioethnicity, will enable researchers and practitioners to assess the sociocultural and psychological dimensions of racioethnicity and their affects on various organizational behavioral outcomes, which have traditionally been ignored.
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Multiple dimensions of racioethnicity: Physioethnicity, socioethnicity, and psychoethnicity Available to Purchase
Shawnta S. Friday;
Shawnta S. Friday
School of Business and Industry, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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Earnest Friday;
Earnest Friday
Department of Management and International Business, College of Business Administration, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Florida, USA
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Sherry E. Moss
Sherry E. Moss
Department of Management and International Business, College of Business Administration, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Florida, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7492
Print ISSN: 0262-1711
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Journal of Management Development (2004) 23 (6): 500–517.
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Friday SS, Friday E, Moss SE (2004), "Multiple dimensions of racioethnicity: Physioethnicity, socioethnicity, and psychoethnicity". Journal of Management Development, Vol. 23 No. 6 pp. 500–517, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/02621710410541105
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