Expatriates and social support: exploring conceptual role of unconscious bias
by Sahiba Sharma; Gyan Prakash
International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Vol. 28, No. 4, 2022

Abstract: The necessity of cultural awareness is a priority since categorisation starts at very young age from home, schools and even in higher education. The purpose of this study is to theoretically clarify and conceptualise the role of native's unconscious bias and social categorisation towards expatriates in withdrawing social support. Due to the paucity of studies on the conceptual understanding of the role of unconscious bias, this paper proposes a conceptual framework based on the literature review and extends the existing literature on social categorisation theory. The findings of the study introduce individual factors that may reduce unconscious bias at the workplace and to frame policies based on subjective measures of unconscious bias. Additionally, it bridges the conceptual gap of social support and unconscious bias in the context of expatriates.

Online publication date: Wed, 07-Dec-2022

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