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How autonomy support and ethical value alignment influences attitudes towards diversity in English police

Al-Khouja, M.; Graham, L.; Weinstein, N.; Zheng, Y.

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Authors

M. Al-Khouja

N. Weinstein

Y. Zheng



Abstract

Antagonism towards diversity, an attitude reflecting low egalitarian ethical values, has been a topic within policing that has received increasing attention in the last decade. Using two-wave data and applying self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), we investigated how autonomy support versus autonomy frustration, ways of being motivated either through encouraging one’s sense of volition, or otherwise, coercing and imposing pressures, can improve diversity attitudes through its relation with ethical values. Study 1 (n = 398 police officers and staff) found that autonomy-supportive communications fostered ethical values, and hence was negatively related to diversity antagonism. Study 2 (n = 859 police officers and staff) indicated that motivation to overcome prejudice mediates the relationship between ethical values and diversity antagonism. Perceptions of workplace culture as lacking in autonomy support acted as a boundary condition for the ethical values and diversity antagonism relationship; no relationship was present when autonomy support was low.

Citation

Al-Khouja, M., Graham, L., Weinstein, N., & Zheng, Y. (2020). How autonomy support and ethical value alignment influences attitudes towards diversity in English police. Journal of Moral Education, 49(3), 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2019.1697867

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 16, 2019
Online Publication Date Jan 7, 2020
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Nov 20, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jul 7, 2021
Journal Journal of moral education.
Print ISSN 0305-7240
Electronic ISSN 1465-3877
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Issue 3
Pages 365-380
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2019.1697867
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1313407

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