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Racial/Ethnic Minorities and Job Strain: Exploring Effective Ways to Reduce Their Job Strain

Author: Yongbeom Hur

Published in: Public Organization Review | Issue 4/2022

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The present study aimed to enhance our understanding of racial/ethnic minorities’ stress, and suggest possible ways to reduce their stressful feelings at work. Racial minorities were compared with non-minorities in terms of their satisfaction about diverse work environments and the effects of work environment on stressful feelings. Hypotheses were tested, using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses and t-tests. According to the findings, the strain of racial/ethnic minorities was differently affected by work environment factors such as public support and goal attainability, compared to that of non-minorities. Some demographic factors also had different effects on the strain of racial/ethnic minorities.

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Title: Racial/Ethnic Minorities and Job Strain: Exploring Effective Ways to Reduce Their Job Strain
Author: Yongbeom Hur
Publication date: 04-09-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Public Organization Review / Issue 4/2022
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-021-00552-2

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