Comments on: Stereotype Threat & Employee Performance http://stevenclark.com.au/2010/02/02/stereotype-threat-employee-performance/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: steven http://stevenclark.com.au/2010/02/02/stereotype-threat-employee-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-4797 steven Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:32:27 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/?p=4976#comment-4797 Another in-group/out-group thing worth thinking about is the way managers perceive information that comes from the in-group versus the out-group. Because they actually pay closer attention to what the in-group say to them there is a strong correlation between in-group information entering the managers office, manager's memory of the actual conversation and the manager's likelihood of acting on the information. We listen more closely to people "like us" or whom "we like" as opposed to people "not like us" or whom "we do not like". In-group/out-group dynamics have a potential impact on your business bottom line. Another in-group/out-group thing worth thinking about is the way managers perceive information that comes from the in-group versus the out-group. Because they actually pay closer attention to what the in-group say to them there is a strong correlation between in-group information entering the managers office, manager’s memory of the actual conversation and the manager’s likelihood of acting on the information.

We listen more closely to people “like us” or whom “we like” as opposed to people “not like us” or whom “we do not like”.

In-group/out-group dynamics have a potential impact on your business bottom line.

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