Black women often question their belonging in organizational environments, and exposure to an allyship cue, such as a White woman endorsed as an ally, may help mitigate such concerns. We examine whether ally endorsement can help a White female employee cue allyship, and in turn, serve as an effective organizational identity-safety cue for Black women high in stigma consciousness. We found that, relative to viewing a White female employee, Black women that viewed a White female employee endorsed as an ally reported greater perceptions of allyship, which had important downstream consequences for organizational identity-safety. Specifically, perceptions of allyship predicted greater anticipated trust and belonging within the organization among participants both high (Experiments 1 and 2) and low (Experiment 2) in stigma consciousness. The present studies demonstrate that ally endorsement effectively cues allyship, and in turn, signals organizational identity-safety for Black women across varying levels of stigma consciousness.

黑人妇女经常质疑自己在组织环境中的归属，暴露于同盟暗示下，例如白人妇女被认可为盟友，可能有助于减轻这种担忧。我们研究了同盟背书是否可以帮助白人女性提示同盟关系，进而对污名意识高的黑人女性提供有效的组织身份安全提示。我们发现，相对于看待白人女性雇员，看待被认可为盟友的白人女性雇员的黑人妇女对同盟关系的看法更大，这对组织身份安全性具有重要的下游影响。具体来说，对同盟关系的看法预示着污名意识的高参与者（实验1和2）和低参与者（实验2）之间在组织中会有更大的预期信任和归属感。