Date of Award
5-10-2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African-American Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Akinyele Umoja
Second Advisor
Dr. Sarita Davis
Third Advisor
Dr. Makungu Akinyela
Abstract
This study examines African American owned businesses with a focus on identity and hiring. African Americans are traditionally community centered, but they have also been enculturated in a Eurocentric society and may hold similar values and discriminatory attitudes as that of the dominant culture. There is a gap in the literature regarding the effects of African American cultural signifiers for adults working in these businesses. The perception of cultural signifiers may affect hiring and placement within businesses. The sample enlists six African American business owners or personnel responsible for hiring and placement of employees within each workplace. This qualitative study examines three overarching questions about the influence of culture in the hiring practices of Black owned businesses in Metropolitan Atlanta.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/14402211
Recommended Citation
Arrington, Lauren, "Embodying Blackness: Perceptions of African American Identity and Hiring Practices within African American Businesses." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/14402211