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Subtle Discrimination as Natural “Equal Reaction” to Organizational Actions, and Practical Ways To Soften It

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2017

Edna Rabenu  and
Lily Chernyak-Hai
Edna Rabenu*
Affiliation:
School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel
Lily Chernyak-Hai
Affiliation:
School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Edna Rabenu, School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, 1 University Street, Kiryat Yitzhak Rabin, Netanya, Israel4223587. E-mail address: edna.rabenu@gmail.com
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The article on subtle discrimination by Jones and colleagues (K. P. Jones, Arena, Nittrouer, Alonso, & Lindsey, 2017) describes in detail and enriches the knowledge on this undesirable yet quite common phenomenon in organizations. In this comment, we argue that subtle discrimination behaviors are natural and predictable in view of organizational actions taken to increase diversity on one hand and prevent overt discrimination on the other hand. Also, practical ways to reduce the phenomenon are suggested.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 111 - 118
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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Footnotes

The authors are grateful to Aharon Tziner for his helpful comments.

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