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Effect of Group Composition and Instrumentality of Individual Contribution on the Performance of Stereotype Targets in Groups

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2007, v.21 no.2, pp.107-121
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.2.008


& (2007). Effect of Group Composition and Instrumentality of Individual Contribution on the Performance of Stereotype Targets in Groups. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 21(2), 107-121, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.2.008

Abstract

The present study examined how group composition and instrumentality of individual contribution to a group task affect the performance of stereotype targets in groups. The composition of groups was manipulated by assigning female participants to either a same-sex group (with one female confederate) or a mixed-sex group (with one male confederate). Instrumentality of individual contribution was manipulated by leading the female participants to believe that their own performance would determine either 70% or 30% of group performance. Drawing on previous research on stereotype threat, the present study hypothesized that female participants would perform better in the same-sex condition than in the mixed-sex condition. In addition, it was hypothesized that female participants would perform better in the high instrumentality condition than in the low instrumentality condition. Using a handgrip task, the present study found supportive evidence for the two predicted main effect hypotheses. However, unlike the predicted interaction effect, female participants performed better in the same-sex condition than in the mixed-sex condition when the perceived instrumentality of individual contribution was high. In contrast, group composition did not have a significant effect when the perceived instrumentality was low. These findings were interpreted in terms of motivation gain and social loafing among females in a stereotype threat situation. Implications of the study and future directions are discussed.

keywords
Group composition, Instrumentality, Stereotype threat, Motivation gain, 집단원 구성, 개인 기여의 도구성, 고정관념 위협, 동기 이득, Group composition, Instrumentality, Stereotype threat, Motivation gain

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