SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 Favoritism refers to the act of offering jobs, contracts and resources to members of one's own social group in preference to others who are outside the group. This paper examines the economic origins and the consequences of favoritism.
Yann Bramoullé, Sanjeev Goyal
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The effect of incidental name similarity on favoritism in the Chinese financial market [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIncidental similarities between individuals can sway professional judgment, sometimes resulting in people overstepping legal or ethical boundaries. Recent research on the US financial sector indicates that incidental name similarities between CEOs and ...
Kaixian Mao +2 more
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Using artificial agents to nudge outgroup altruism and reduce ingroup favoritism in human-agent interaction [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIngroup favoritism and intergroup discrimination can be mutually reinforcing during social interaction, threatening intergroup cooperation and the sustainability of societies. In two studies (N = 880), we investigated whether promoting prosocial outgroup
Kevin Igwe, Kevin Durrheim
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Informal shapes of social anomie [PDF]
Srpska Politička Misao, 2023 The topic of this scientific work is placed in the domain of social anomie. The effects of the action of informal forms of social anomie cause social entropy and indicate the permanent topicality of the topic.
Stanković Vladan +1 more
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Investigating the Evolution of Ingroup Favoritism Using a Minimal Group Interaction Paradigm: The Effects of Inter- and Intragroup Interdependence. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 We investigated the effect of structural interdependencies between groups (especially inequality), and interdependencies between individuals on ingroup favoritism in minimal group situations.
Kevin Durrheim +4 more
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Perceived Causes of Career Plateau in the Public Service
Administrative Sciences, 2023 The purpose of this paper was to develop a better understanding of the causes of career plateau in the public service, focusing on 67 people who we determined to be career plateaued.
Sean Darling, Barton Cunningham
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Effect of Favoritism on Mental Health: Mediating Roles of Oral Negativism, Stress, and Willingness to Leave Jobs among Employees [PDF]
مطالعات منابع انسانی, 2019 Background and Objective: In an organization, the presence of favoritism instead of meritocracy can leave many psychological outcomes among employees. This study analyzed the effects of favoritism on employee mental health by considering the mediating ...
مرتضی مرادی +1 more
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Market Forces, 2021 The presence of nepotism and favoritism during recruitment and selection has become a major concern for developed and developing countries. Based on the social exchange theory, a framework was developed to evaluate contextual performance, adaptive ...
Munaza Bibi +2 more
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The Destructive Effect of Ingroup Competition on Ingroup Favoritism
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Ingroup favoritism has been widely verified in the context of intergroup competition; however, how competition among ingroup members affects ingroup favoritism remains unclear.
Youxia Zuo +3 more
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EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Academic Favoritism: A Questionnaire Development and Validation Study [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2023 Although the concept of favoritism has received attention in various areas of study such as management, business, and medical settings, this line of research has scarcely been explored in teacher education and especially in L2 acquisition context.
Mahnaz Mostafaei Alaei, Mahya Alaei
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