What Predicts Visibility Management at Work? A Study of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Flemish Government Employees.

sexual orientation visibility management work environment

Journal

Psychologica Belgica
ISSN: 2054-670X
Titre abrégé: Psychol Belg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0067335

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
13 Feb 2019
Historique:
entrez: 23 7 2019
pubmed: 23 7 2019
medline: 23 7 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Visibility management (VM) refers to the regulation of disclosure of one's sexual orientation for the purposes of maintaining privacy as well as minimizing stigma, harm, or marginalization. Research on how lesbian women and gay men (LGs) manage the visibility of their sexual orientation in the workplace is scarce. In this study, we tested a model that investigates the relationships between VM on the one hand, and specific job characteristics, experiencing the work environment as more or less LG friendly, and personal homonegative experiences on the other. In a non-representative sample of 4,080 employees of the Flemish government, 6.3% identified as gay or lesbian. Within this LG subsample (

Identifiants

pubmed: 31328012
doi: 10.5334/pb.443
pmc: PMC6625549
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

78-95

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Auteurs

Alexis Dewaele (A)

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, BE.

Mieke Van Houtte (M)

Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Research team CuDOS, Ghent University, BE.

Ann Buysse (A)

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, BE.

Alona Lyubayeva (A)

Diversity Policy Unit, Agency for Government Personnel, Flemish Government, BE.

Michiel Trippas (M)

Diversity Policy Unit, Agency for Government Personnel, Flemish Government, BE.

Ann-Sophie Baeken (AS)

Diversity Policy Unit, Agency for Government Personnel, Flemish Government, BE.

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