The impact of accentedness in the workplace: A quantitative study on whether second generation Turkish heritage Dutch speakers are less discriminated against in job interviews based on accent compared to first generation Turkish heritage Dutch speakers and native speakers.
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2022-01-24
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The present research aimed to determine whether the strength of accentedness of a migrant group has an influence on discrimination. Therefore, this research compared the evaluations made on two generations of Turkish heritage Dutch speakers and a native Dutch speaker during job interviews. The research was conducted on 90 native Dutch speakers who listened to and evaluated three audio fragments of a job interview conducted by three speakers (i.e., a first-generation Turkish heritage Dutch speaker, a second-generation Turkish heritage Dutch speaker, and a native Dutch speaker). Participants rated the speakers on perceived comprehensibility, solidarity, attitude (i.e., dynamism, affect, status), hireability, and accent strength. It was hypothesized that the second-generation Turkish heritage Dutch speaker would be evaluated more favorably than the first-generation Turkish heritage Dutch speaker. However, the results were not entirely consistent with the assumptions. The second-generation Turkish Dutch speaker was not particularly more favorable than first-generation Turkish Dutch speaker. Moreover, there were no significant results regarding discrimination against the Turkish accented speakers in Dutch during job interviews, as the variables determining discriminatory behavior, namely status and hireability, were not statistically significant.
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