Grant Peter R
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2008 Dec;47(Pt 4):687-705. doi: 10.1348/014466607X269829. Epub 2007 Dec 29.
Currently in Canada, there is a widespread underemployment among foreign-trained immigrants. This is because potential employers often have to evaluate unfamiliar foreign qualifications that, regrettably, are often misunderstood and undervalued. This questionnaire study tested a model that integrates relative deprivation theory with social identity theory to predict the degree to which skilled migrants from Asia and Africa with credentialing problems protest this systemic discriminatory barrier (N=180). In the model, the strength of cultural and national identifications are conceptualized as opposing motivational forces that, along with collective relative deprivation (CRD), directly impact protest intentions. As well, the model specifies that the so-called 'affective' component of CRD consists of an attribution of blame (perceived discrimination) and associated emotions. Structural equation modelling shows that the model is a good fit to the data. As hypothesized, significant path coefficients show that the strength of cultural identity increases and the strength of Canadian identity decreases the degree to which the respondents feel that immigrants suffer discrimination which, in-turn, influenced their intentions to take protest actions. The implications of these findings for the integration of relative deprivation and social identity theories are discussed.
目前在加拿大，受过外国培训的移民普遍存在就业不充分的情况。这是因为潜在雇主常常需要评估他们不熟悉的外国资质，遗憾的是，这些资质往往被误解和低估。这项问卷调查研究测试了一个将相对剥夺理论与社会认同理论相结合的模型，以预测来自亚洲和非洲且有资质问题的技术移民抗议这种系统性歧视障碍的程度（N = 180）。在该模型中，文化认同和国家认同的强度被概念化为相反的动机力量，它们与集体相对剥夺（CRD）一起，直接影响抗议意图。此外，该模型明确指出，CRD的所谓“情感”成分包括责备归因（感知到的歧视）和相关情绪。结构方程模型表明该模型与数据拟合良好。正如所假设的那样，显著的路径系数表明，文化认同的强度增加以及加拿大认同的强度降低会使受访者感受到移民遭受歧视的程度增加，而这反过来又影响了他们采取抗议行动的意图。本文讨论了这些发现对相对剥夺理论和社会认同理论整合的启示。
