TY - JOUR
T1 - Concealment of a Sexual Minority Identity in the Workplace
T2 - The Role of Workplace Climate and Identity Centrality
AU - Holman, Elizabeth Grace
AU - Ogolsky, Brian G.
AU - Oswald, Ramona Faith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Concealing a sexual minority identity at work has been linked to adverse health and employment outcomes. The authors of this paper examine whether LGBQ employee levels of concealment from coworkers and supervisors are linked to perceived workplace climate and LGBQ-identity centrality. Rainbow Illinois 2010–2011 data were used; N = 319 LGBQ full or part-time employees. Multiple regression with moderation was used to test the hypotheses. Support and hostility in the workplace each had a negative main effect on concealment from coworkers as well as supervisors. The interaction between support and centrality was also significant. LGBQ employees who placed greater importance on their sexual orientation were more likely to disclose that identity to supervisors in the face of hostility than those with less central identities. Thus, sexual minorities may be more responsive to workplace climate when they have more central identities.
AB - Concealing a sexual minority identity at work has been linked to adverse health and employment outcomes. The authors of this paper examine whether LGBQ employee levels of concealment from coworkers and supervisors are linked to perceived workplace climate and LGBQ-identity centrality. Rainbow Illinois 2010–2011 data were used; N = 319 LGBQ full or part-time employees. Multiple regression with moderation was used to test the hypotheses. Support and hostility in the workplace each had a negative main effect on concealment from coworkers as well as supervisors. The interaction between support and centrality was also significant. LGBQ employees who placed greater importance on their sexual orientation were more likely to disclose that identity to supervisors in the face of hostility than those with less central identities. Thus, sexual minorities may be more responsive to workplace climate when they have more central identities.
KW - Disclosure
KW - LGBQ identities
KW - identity centrality
KW - minority stress theory
KW - workplace climate
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U2 - 10.1080/00918369.2021.1917219
DO - 10.1080/00918369.2021.1917219
M3 - Article
C2 - 33872128
AN - SCOPUS:85104716620
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 69
SP - 1467
EP - 1484
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 9
ER -