Stereotype Threat, State Anxiety, and Specific Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Promotion Exam Performance
研究在真实晋升考试中，种族和民族认同如何通过状态焦虑和特定自我效能感影响考试表现，发现刻板印象威胁效应虽小但存在，对理解职场公平有参考价值。
This field study examined perceived stereotype threat in a promotion context using a written job knowledge test. The authors hypothesized that race and ethnic identity would predict perceptions of stereotype threat and that the effect of stereotype threat on test performance would be mediated by state anxiety and specific self-efficacy in a specified sequential order. Using structural equation modeling analyses of data from two public safety departments in a metropolitan city indicated support for this model. However, the stereotype threat effect was small, which may be because of the use of a job knowledge test, a promotion sample, or the composition of the applicant pool. Noteworthy contributions include the use of a self-report measure of stereotype threat, inclusion of two mediator variables in a theory-based sequence, and a test of the stereotype threat effect in an actual employment context.