Birds of a Feather are Punished Together, or Not? Examining Heterogeneity in Career Advancements of Minority Groups
研究不同少数群体在组织职业晋升中的异质性影响，发现与多数群体共享身份标记越多的少数群体反而受到更多惩罚，基于印尼政府机构宗教少数群体的数据。
Abstract In this study we examine the heterogeneous effects of being affiliated with different minority groups on employees’ career advancements in organizations. We draw on the categories literature and its concept of category distance to hypothesize why some minority groups may be more (dis)advantaged than others in their career advancements. To do so, we define category distance in terms of shared identity markers between groups, where identity markers are salient attributes that audiences commonly associate a group with. We test our hypotheses among religious minority groups using employment data from a large Indonesian government organization. Our results indicate that minority groups closer in distance to the organizational majority group are more penalized in their career advancements than minority groups further in distance. These results hold both at the group and at the individual level. Through our study we make contributions to the literatures on careers, categories, and the burgeoning study of religion in organizations. We conclude with implications for practice.