Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
12-2009
Abstract
Nobody likes to be pigeonholed or reduced to a single stereotype. One reason could be because we believe ourselves to be products of multiple stereotypes: a combination of identities, such as "Asian", "female", "lawyer", "Gen X", "Christian", "Chinese", etc. While these labels connect us to like-individuals, they can also carry all sorts of connotations and expectations – positive, neutral and negative. For example, an Asian might be expected to outperform a non-Asian at mathematics because of stereotypes that Asians are mathematically inclined. Will such undue expectations affect the Asian's performance outcome? Research studies point to a 'Yes'.
Disciplines
Business | Human Resources Management
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1262
Subject(s)
Human Resources
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
Asian maths whizz and talkative females: how stereotypes can actually boost performance. (2009).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/111