Intergroup discrimination as a predictor of conflict within the same organizationthe role of organizational identity

  1. Samuel Fernández-Salinero 1
  2. Gabriela Topa 2
  1. 1 Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  2. 2 Social and Organizational Psychology Department, The National Distance Education University
Revista:
EJIHPE: European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education

ISSN: 2174-8144,  2254-9625

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 10

Número: 1

Páginas: 1-9

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3390/EJIHPE10010001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: EJIHPE: European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education

Resumen

The main purpose of this research is to shed light upon how perception of intergroup discrimination is related to perception of organizational conflict. This phenomenon is mediated by group identification and moderated by organizational identification. The sample was constituted by 466 employees belonging to the staff of Administration and Service of a Spanish public University. Main research results show that perceived discrimination has a direct effect on organizational conflict through group identification. The relationship between perceived discrimination and group identification is moderated by organizational identification.

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