Racial Differences in Supervisors' Attitudes Toward Coworkers.

Hoffman, Eric

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ERIC Number: EJ371444

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Publication Date: 1987

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Racial Differences in Supervisors' Attitudes Toward Coworkers.

Hoffman, Eric

Journal of Black Studies, v18 n2 p139-61 Dec 1987

Using the Least Preferred Coworker Scale (LPC), determines that Black and White federal work supervisors are different in their attitudes towards coworkers. Black supervisors measure task-dimension factors; White supervisors measure interpersonal dimension factors. The significance of these results is discussed. (BJV)

Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Government Employees, Interpersonal Relationship, Quality of Working Life, Racial Attitudes, Racial Differences, Social Cognition, Whites, Work Attitudes, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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