Job Pursuits as Discrimination: Stereotype Contents of Organizational Categories and Job Pursuit Intentions in South Korea

Job Pursuits as Discrimination: Stereotype Contents of Organizational Categories and Job Pursuit Intentions in South Korea | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 6 March 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Job Pursuits as Discrimination: Stereotype Contents of Organizational Categories and Job Pursuit Intentions in South Korea Author : Changi Song 0000-0001-6626-3813 [email protected] Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174122858.84143289/v1 Published Discover Psychology Version of record Peer review timeline 141 views 60 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract In South Korea, job seekers often base their choices on organizational categories, contributing to labor market imbalances. This study explores this bias through the lens of intergroup relations, specifically using the stereotype contents model. The results across two samples with different organizational category lists explored the warmth and competence stereotypes associated with those categories, and how those stereotypes are related to job pursuit intentions. Results showed that warmth and competence differentiated perceptions of organizational categories, clustering into three to four groups characterized by high or low levels of each dimension, consistent with the stereotype contents model. These clusters also differed in job pursuit intentions, suggesting that discriminatory job pursuits are partly based on stereotypes of organizational categories. In addition, competence had a greater impact on job pursuit intentions than warmth, but the effect of warmth varied across the clusters and between the samples. This suggests that job pursuits toward an organizational category are primarily influenced by the instrumentality of the category, but they may reflect prosocial intentions toward the category in some contexts. This study demonstrates the applicability of the intergroup relations perspective to understanding category-based job pursuits. Organizations should consider their stereotypes when developing employer image strategies. Supplementary Material File (main text - anonymized.docx) Download 487.52 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 06 March 2025 Peer review timeline Published Discover Psychology Version of Record 11 Aug 2025 Published Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Authors Affiliations Changi Song 0000-0001-6626-3813 [email protected] Jeonbuk National University View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 141 views 60 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Changi Song. Job Pursuits as Discrimination: Stereotype Contents of Organizational Categories and Job Pursuit Intentions in South Korea. Authorea . 06 March 2025. 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