The impact of women’s concealed identity in the nexus between identification and perceptions of discrimination in the tunisian banks

• Autorzy: Gharbi Hassane , Aliane Nadir , Sobaih Abu Elnasr E.

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DOI

10.17512/pjms.2025.31.2.06

Warianty tytułu

PL

Wpływ ukrytej tożsamości kobiet na związek między identyfikacją a postrzeganiem dyskryminacji w tuniskich bankach

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study points to the case of women who, to put an end to perceived discrimination, will try to conceal their identity to identify with the dominant group, i.e., identification, at the risk of losing their identity. The moral is that women’s denial of the right to be different could result in other consequences, although they must be proud of themselves and work with this. For this purpose, quantitative research was conducted in five Tunisian banks and analysed using AMOS_SEM. The results indicated that identification significantly and negatively affects perceived discrimination and significantly and positively affects identity concealment, which ultimately significantly and negatively affects perceived discrimination. Furthermore, the relationship between identification and perceived discrimination remained significant after introducing identity concealment as a mediator. Therefore, mediation by identity concealment was found to be partial between identification and perceived discrimination. The results of this study present several implications for scholars and senior management in the banking industry.

PL

Niniejsze badanie dotyczy kobiet, które w celu położenia kresu postrzeganej dyskryminacji próbują ukrywać swoją tożsamość, aby identyfikować się z grupą dominującą, tj. identyfikować się z nią, ryzykując utratę własnej tożsamości. Morał z tego jest taki, że odmowa kobiet prawa do bycia innymi może mieć inne konsekwencje, chociaż powinny one być dumne z siebie i pracować nad tym. W tym celu przeprowadzono badania ilościowe w pięciu tunezyjskich bankach i przeanalizowano je za pomocą AMOS_SEM. Wyniki wskazały, że identyfikacja ma znaczący i negatywny wpływ na postrzeganie dyskryminacji oraz znaczący i pozytywny wpływ na ukrywanie tożsamości, co ostatecznie ma znaczący i negatywny wpływ na postrzeganie dyskryminacji. Ponadto związek między identyfikacją a postrzeganiem dyskryminacji pozostał znaczący po wprowadzeniu ukrywania tożsamości jako mediatora. W związku z tym stwierdzono, że mediacja poprzez ukrywanie tożsamości ma charakter częściowy między identyfikacją a postrzeganiem dyskryminacji. Wyniki niniejszego badania mają kilka implikacji dla naukowców i kadry kierowniczej wyższego szczebla w branży bankowej.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

concealed identity; gender equality; identification; perceived discrimination; banking industry

PL

ukrywanie tożsamości; równouprawnienie płci; identyfikacja; postrzegana dyskryminacja; branża bankowa

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 31, No. 2
• Strony: 87--105
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 66 poz., tab., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Gharbi Hassane

• Management Department, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion de Nabeul, Université de Carthage, Tunisia

• https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5437-3935

autor

Aliane Nadir

• Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7578-3722

autor

Sobaih Abu Elnasr E.

• Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2730-689X

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).