Quinones, Miguel A.2009-06-042009-06-042001Avery, Derek Reynold. "The role of race in organization choice: Are differences Black and White?." (2001) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17936">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17936</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17936Several recent findings suggest that there are racial differences in organizational attraction. This study examines these differences using a sample of 258 undergraduate and graduate students. In an Internet "virtual site visit" to a fictional company, the level of racial structural integration (SI), salary, and the presence/absence of a diversity management program (DMP) were manipulated. SI, proposed by Cox (1991), is a means of describing the racial/ethnic diversity present among the employees of a firm, whereas diversity management programs are the successors to affirmative action plans. Black participants were most attracted to the organization with the highest level of SI. Furthermore, a type of ethnic identification, other-group orientation (OGO) significantly interacted with SI and participant race to predict organizational attraction. For Whites with low OGO, SI had a negative effect on attraction. For Blacks with high OGO, organizations high and low in SI (but not moderate) were the most attractive.132 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.ManagementIndustrial psychologySociologyEthnic studiesThesisTHESIS PSYCH. 2001 AVERY