Belief in School Meritocracy and the Legitimization of Social and Income Inequality.
belief in school meritocracy
perception of discrimination
social class
social inequality
Journal
Social psychological and personality science
ISSN: 1948-5506
Titre abrégé: Soc Psychol Personal Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101535405
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
24
5
2023
medline:
24
5
2023
entrez:
24
5
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Educational institutions are imbued with an institutional meritocratic discourse: only merit counts for academic success. In this article, we study whether this institutional belief has an impact beyond its primary function of encouraging students to study. We propose that belief in school meritocracy has broader societal impact by legitimizing the social class hierarchy it produces and encouraging the maintenance of inequalities. The results of four studies (one correlational study,
Identifiants
pubmed: 37223669
doi: 10.1177/19485506221111017
pii: 10.1177_19485506221111017
pmc: PMC10201081
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
621-635Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2022.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.