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French Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action Programs and Their Beneficiaries

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Abstract. Attitudes toward affirmative action programs (AAPs) depend on the criteria on which these programs are based and on the ideological views in the relationships between groups. The present study examined the impact of the selection procedure (with or without AA) on the perception of justice and on attitudes toward the beneficiaries of these procedures in France, where the system makes it possible to compare beneficiaries of different origins. A group of 101 French students read scenarios describing the admission of a candidate, with either a French or a North African first name, to a prestigious school, based on either a standard selection procedure or AA. The standard procedure and its beneficiary were more positively judged, and the beneficiary was considered more competent, than one selected with AAP. These results were particularly significant for participants with a high level of social dominance orientation (SDO). Furthermore, participants perceived both selection procedures more positively and judged the candidate as being more competent when that person had a French-sounding name. High-SDO participants underestimated socioeconomic and ethnic discrimination. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Psychologie
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hal-04258411 , version 1 (25-10-2023)

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Anne Taillandier-Schmitt, Christelle Maisonneuve. French Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action Programs and Their Beneficiaries. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 2019, 78 (1-2), pp.37-49. ⟨10.1024/1421-0185/a000222⟩. ⟨hal-04258411⟩
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