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MODELS OF WORK ETHIC: IMPROVING PERCEPTIONS OF LOWER-CLASS STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Fitzpatrick, Christina Beth
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7504-4268
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1503577375171567

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2017, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
The current research tested whether improving perceptions of hard interdependence (i.e., a work ethic common to lower-class individuals) can increase perceptions of warmth and competence and the elicitation of positive behaviors toward lower-class students. In Study 1, I varied target social class and work ethic to test the relative contribution of class and work ethic on perceptions of students. Lower-class targets were perceived to be greater in warmth, competence, work ethic than higher-class targets. In contrast, hard interdependent targets were perceived as less competent, less hardworking, shyer, and a less desirable partner than expressive independent targets. In Study 2, participants were assigned to a manipulation in which they were taught to reattribute hard interdependence from laziness to work ethic (i.e., attributional retraining), class-unrelated manipulation, or a control condition. Participants were asked to evaluate targets that exhibited differing work ethic styles, including hard interdependence. Participants in the experimental manipulation condition rated hard interdependent targets as more desirable partners than participants in the other two conditions but warmth and competence did not mediate these perceptions as attributional retraining did not increase perceptions of warmth or competence.
Jonathan Kunstman (Advisor)
Heather Claypool (Committee Member)
Amanda Diekman (Committee Member)
77 p.
Psychology
models of work ethic; social class; higher education; culture; hard interdependence; expressive independence

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  • Fitzpatrick, C. B. (2017). MODELS OF WORK ETHIC: IMPROVING PERCEPTIONS OF LOWER-CLASS STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1503577375171567

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fitzpatrick, Christina. MODELS OF WORK ETHIC: IMPROVING PERCEPTIONS OF LOWER-CLASS STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1503577375171567.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fitzpatrick, Christina. "MODELS OF WORK ETHIC: IMPROVING PERCEPTIONS OF LOWER-CLASS STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1503577375171567

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