To be, or not to be…Black: The effects of racial codeswitching on perceived professionalism in the workplace

2021/07/29 by Courtney L. McCluney, Myles I. Durkee, Richard Smith +4 · 187 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Gender studies #Impression formation #Impression management #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research #Perception #Psychology #Race (biology) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social perception #Social psychology #Sociology #White (mutation)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104199

published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 97, 104199 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2021/07/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

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