 The psychology of workplace inequality 1Franziska J. Kößler and Kaori Fujishiro Chapter 16 in Handbook of Critical Work and Organizational Psychology, 2026, pp 278-292 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: Despite its relevance to understanding the workplace as a site of social reproduction, work and organizational psychology has remained relatively silent on issues of inequalities and their political-economic context. While some research on diversity, equality, and inclusion has focused on gender and racial disparities, there is still much to be done in terms of understanding the psychological impact of inequalities and the ways in which they are perpetuated within organizational contexts. In the present true crime story, we use the theft of economic power to highlight that one party (i.e., the employer) benefits from the exploitation of another party (i.e., the workers). After describing the roles of different parties involved in the theft of economic power, we outline how work and organizational psychology may overcome its role as an accomplice of this crime and conduct research that does not ignore, reinforce, or even benefit from the theft of economic power. Keywords: Theft of Economic Power; Exploitation; Precariousness; Health Inequity; Reflection; Contextualization (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23244_16 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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