This article argues that black workers’ perceptions of racial discrimination derive not just from being in the minority, but also from their position in the organizational structure. Researchers have shown that black individuals encounter an enormous amount of racial discrimination in the workplace, including but not limited to exclusion from critical social networks, wage disparities, and hiring disadvantages. But fewer studies examine the extent to which black workers believe racial discrimination is a salient factor in their occupational mobility or the factors that might explain their divergent perceptions of racial discrimination. Based on 60 in-depth interviews with black medical doctors, nurses, and technicians in the healthcare industry, we show that black workers’ status within an organizational hierarchy fundamentally informs perceptions of the nature and type of workplace racial discrimination. These findings have implications for understanding how racial dynamics at work are linked to mental health, occupational satisfaction, and organizational change.

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进入、被雇用、侧身看：组织等级和对种族歧视的看法

本文认为，黑人工人对种族歧视的看法不仅来自少数群体，还来自他们在组织结构中的地位。研究人员表明，黑人在工作场所遭遇大量种族歧视，包括但不限于被排除在重要的社交网络之外、工资差距和招聘劣势。但很少有研究调查黑人工人在多大程度上认为种族歧视是他们职业流动中的一个显着因素，或者可能解释他们对种族歧视的不同看法的因素。基于对医疗行业黑人医生、护士和技术人员的 60 次深度采访，我们表明，黑人工人在组织等级中的地位从根本上反映了对工作场所种族歧视的性质和类型的看法。这些发现有助于理解工作中的种族动态如何与心理健康、职业满意度和组织变革相关联。