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The Complexity of Marginalized Identities: The Social Construction of Identities, Multiple Identities, and the Experience of Exclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Winny Shen  and
Soner Dumani
Winny Shen*
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Soner Dumani
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
*
E-mail: wshen@usf.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, PCD 4118G, Tampa, FL 33620
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Ruggs et al. (2013) have argued compellingly that industrial–organizational (I–O) psychologists have missed opportunities to understand the experiences of marginalized groups in the workplace, particularly in generating research that will be relevant in the formation of social policies. We fully agree with Ruggs et al.'s assessment of the literature and highlight three important extensions that should be considered when conducting research with marginalized groups: the social construction of identities, the intersection of multiple identities, and the experience of exclusion.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 84 - 87
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013 

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