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Problems with Research by Organizational Scholars on Issues of Race and Ethnicity

Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Despite a growing need for knowledge about the effects of race and ethnicity in organizations, relatively little research on these issues has been performed and few research reports have been published in the major management journals. A literature review and a survey of authors in the field indicate that factors responsible for this problem fall into two categories: factors limiting the amount of work done on these issues, and factors hindering the publication of completed work. Underlying many of these factors is the tendency for the effects of personal biases among authors, reviewers, and editors to be especially severe with respect to this topic. Moreover, issues of racioethnic relations and heterogeneity, including the problem of racism, have never really been resolved in American society generally. Following an analysis of the problems, suggestions are provided to aid scholars in effectively conducting and evaluating research on this topic.

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 26, No. 1, 5-23 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/002188639002600103


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