Intergroup Discrimination as a Predictor of Conflict within the Same Organization. The Role of Organizational Identity

Samuel Fernández-Salinero; Gabriela Topa

doi:10.3390/ejihpe10010001

Intergroup Discrimination as a Predictor of Conflict within the Same Organization. The Role of Organizational Identity

Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2019 May 29;10(1):1-9. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe10010001.

Authors

Samuel Fernández-Salinero^{1

2}, Gabriela Topa²

Affiliations

¹ Medicine and Surgery, Psychology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain.
² Social and Organizational Psychology Department, The National Distance Education University, 28015 Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to shed light upon how perception of intergroup discrimination is related to perception of organizational conflict. This phenomenon is mediated by group identification and moderated by organizational identification. The sample was constituted by 466 employees belonging to the staff of Administration and Service of a Spanish public University. Main research results show that perceived discrimination has a direct effect on organizational conflict through group identification. The relationship between perceived discrimination and group identification is moderated by organizational identification.

Keywords: group identification; intergroup conflict; organizational identification; perceived discrimination.