We theorize that ally work—actions by employees belonging to advantaged social groups to support employees belonging to disadvantaged social groups—can be organized into three modalities: self ally work that is oriented towards developing skills and capabilities, relational ally work that is focused on building positive work relationships, and organizational ally work aimed at changing organizational practices to support disadvantaged co-workers. Drawing from the theory of political ideology-as-motivated cognition, across multiple pre-registered field studies, we found that employees who were more liberal (vs. conservative) reported higher engagement in all three modalities. We also examined whether contextual affordances amplified the liberalism effect. Specifically, we tested whether personal accountability for diversity, colleague diversity, and organizational ideology directed liberals towards greater engagement in self, relational, and organizational work, respectively. As hypothesized, liberals reported a higher engagement in organizational ally work in more ideologically liberal organizations. However, the hypothesized effects of personal accountability were not supported. Notably, personal accountability had a positive effect on self ally work among more conservative leaning employees. The moderating effects of colleague diversity were also mixed across the studies. Highlighting both the plurality and politics of ally work, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our finding

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论同盟工作的多元性和政治性：自由主义与自我、关系和组织同盟工作

我们的理论认为，盟友工作——属于优势社会群体的员工为支持属于弱势社会群体的员工而采取的行动——可以分为三种模式：以发展技能和能力为导向的自我盟友工作，侧重于建立关系的盟友工作积极的工作关系，以及旨在改变组织实践以支持弱势同事的组织盟友工作。根据政治意识形态作为动机认知的理论，在多个预先注册的实地研究中，我们发现更自由（相对于保守）的员工在所有三种模式中的参与度更高。我们还研究了语境可供性是否放大了自由主义效应。具体来说，我们测试了个人对多样性、同事多样性、和组织意识形态分别引导自由主义者更多地参与自我、关系和组织工作。正如假设的那样，自由主义者报告说，在意识形态更自由的组织中，他们对组织盟友工作的参与度更高。然而，不支持个人责任的假设效果。值得注意的是，个人问责制对更保守倾向的员工的自我盟友工作产生了积极影响。同事多样性的调节作用在研究中也很复杂。强调盟友工作的多元化和政治性，我们讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义 自由主义者报告说，在意识形态更自由的组织中，他们对组织盟友工作的参与度更高。然而，不支持个人责任的假设效果。值得注意的是，个人问责制对更保守倾向的员工的自我盟友工作产生了积极影响。同事多样性的调节作用在研究中也很复杂。强调盟友工作的多元化和政治性，我们讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义 自由主义者报告说，在意识形态更自由的组织中，他们对组织盟友工作的参与度更高。然而，不支持个人责任的假设效果。值得注意的是，个人问责制对更保守倾向的员工的自我盟友工作产生了积极影响。同事多样性的调节作用在研究中也很复杂。强调盟友工作的多元化和政治性，我们讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义 同事多样性的调节作用在研究中也很复杂。强调盟友工作的多元化和政治性，我们讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义 同事多样性的调节作用在研究中也很复杂。强调盟友工作的多元化和政治性，我们讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义