School of Psychology

Experience Excellence Studying People


Dr Tendayi Viki

Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

 Tendayi Viki

 

Research interests

I am interested in and have been researching topics within organizational psychology and social psychology. These include: creativity and innovation,  group dynamics, social-cognitive processes, mergers and acquisitions. The following are my research interests:

Developing research and implementing strategies for organizations
These include product usability testing, employee attitudes and motivation, corporate governance and white collar crime, mergers and acquisitions, consumer perceptions of products and services

Creativity and Innovation
I am interested in the role of social identity process in creativity and innovation. These include how organizational and occupational identities influence the innovation process. I am also interested in how organizations manage and utilize their employees’ multicultural experiences for reflective reframing within the innovation process.

Dehumanization
Research has shown that people are more likely to perceive the ingroup as more human than the outgroup. I am interested in exploring variables that might moderate or mediate these effects. Further to this, I am interested in the social, political and business consequences of dehumanization. I am also interested in the role of dehumanization in forensic contexts. In particular, I am interested in how perceiving offenders as less human is related to people’s attitudes to crime and punishment.

Key Publications

Viki, G.T., Fullerton, I., Ragget, H., Tait, F., & Wiltshire, S. (in press) The Role of Dehumanization in Attitudes toward the Social Exclusion and Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Reyna, C., Brandt, M. & Viki, G.T. (2009). Blame it on Hip-Hop: Anti-Rap Attitudes as a Proxy for Prejudice. Group Process and Intergroup Relations, 12, 361-380.

Viki, G.T. & Calitri, R. (2008) Infrahuman outgroup or suprahuman ingroup: The role of nationalism and patriotism in the infrahumanization of outgroups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 1054-1061.

Zebel, S.,  Zimmermann, A.; Viki, G.T., Doosje, B. (2008) Beasts in Us: Infrahumanization and Guilt as Distinct but Related Predictors of Reparation Policies. Political Psychology, 29, 193-219.

 

 

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Articles

    Yeow, P. and Tucker, D.A. and Viki, G.T. (2012) Communicating during Organizational Change using Social Accounts:The Importance of Trust. Human Resource Management Journal. (in press)

    Viki, G.T. and Fullerton, I. and Ragget, H. et al. (2012) The Role of Dehumanization in Attitudes toward the Social Exclusion and Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. (in press)

    Duran, M. and Moya, M. and Megias, J.L. et al. (2010) Social Perception of Rape Victims in Dating and Married Relationships: The Role of Perpetrator's Benevolent Sexism. Sex Roles, 62 (7-8). pp. 505-519. ISSN 0360-0025.

    Abstract

    Two hypothetical scenario studies examined how situational, perpetrator, and observer factors affect blame towards rape victims. In Study 1, Spanish high school students (N = 206) read about a rape committed by a boyfriend or husband who was described as benevolently sexist or not. Study 2 (N = 201 British college students) replicated and extended Study 1 by adding a condition in which the rapist was described as a hostile sexist. In both studies, participants' benevolent sexism scores predicted more victim blame when the rapist was described as a husband (but not a boyfriend) who held benevolently sexist attitudes. Study 2 showed that participants' hostile sexism scores predicted more victim blame when the rapist was described as a hostile sexist.

    Bohner, G. and Pina, A. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2010) Using social norms to reduce men's rape proclivity: Perceived rape myth acceptance of out-groups may be more influential than that of in-groups. Psychology, Crime and Law, 16 (8). pp. 671-693. ISSN 1068-316x.

    Abstract

    Feedback about a reference group's rape myth acceptance (RMA) has been shown to affect men's rape proclivity (Bohner, Siebler, & Schmelcher, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 286–297, 2006). In two experiments with male university students (total N=294), this research was extended by varying the in-group vs out-group status of the reference group. Results showed that feedback about other men's RMA influenced self-reported RMA (Experiment 1) and rape proclivity (Experiments 1 and 2). Overall, participants' rape proclivity was affected by feedback about both in-groups' RMA and out-groups' RMA. The strongest reduction of rape proclivity was produced by low-RMA feedback about an out-group that participants expected to be high in RMA (Experiment 2). Implications for theory and intervention are discussed.

    Demoulin, S. and Cortes, B.P. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2009) The role of in-group identification in infra-humanization. International Journal of Psychology, 44 (1). pp. 4-11. ISSN 0020-7594;1464-066X(online).

    Abstract

    People tend to infra-humanize by attributing more human essence to their in-group than to out-groups. In the present article, we focus on the attribution of primary and secondary emotions to operationalize the human essence. We propose that, in order to infra-humanize, people need to be categorized in meaningful groups. In addition, we argue that what differentiates meaningful from nonmeaningful groups is that the people essentialize, perceiving members of the group as sharing an underlying, common essence. Also, we hypothesize that participants will identify more with their in-group in the case of meaningful groups. Three types of groups were created to manipulate the meaningfulness of the categorization. Participants were either randomly assigned to a group or they chose their group as a function of their preferences for a colour or the type of career they wished to pursue. As expected, infra-humanization occurred only where the categorization's criterion was meaningful. In addition, in-group identification, but not essentialism, mediated the impact of the categorization criteria on the tendency to infra-humanize. Data also showed that infra-humanization is different from classic in-group favouritism. This is because in-group favouritism, but not infra-humanization, was observed in the situation where group membership was based on random assignment. In other words, for infra-humanization to occur mere categorization is not enough; meaningfulness is also needed. For in-group favouritism to arise, the knowledge of being part of a group is a sufficient prerequisite. The discussion focuses on conditions for reducing infra-humanization and on the relationship between in-group favouritism and out-group derogation.

    Reyna, C. and Brandt, M. and Viki, G.T. (2009) Blame it on Hip-Hop: Anti-Rap Attitudes as a Proxy for Prejudice. Group Process and Intergroup Relations, 12 (3 Special Issue SI). pp. 361-380. ISSN 1368-4302.

    Abstract

    This research investigated the stereotypes associated with rap music and hip-hop culture, and how those stereotypes may influence anti-Black attitudes and justifications for discrimination. In three studies-using a representative sample from America, as well as samples from two different countries-we found that negative stereotypes about rap are pervasive and have powerful consequences. In all three samples, negative attitudes toward rap were associated with various measures of negative stereotypes of Blacks that blamed Blacks for their economic plights (via stereotypes of laziness). Anti-rap attitudes were also associated with discrimination against Blacks, through both personal and political behaviors. In both American samples, the link between anti-rap attitudes and discrimination was partially or fully mediated by stereotypes that convey Blacks' responsibility. This legitimizing pattern was not found in the UK sample, suggesting that anti-rap attitudes are used to reinforce beliefs that Blacks do not deserve social benefits in American society, but may not be used as legitimizing beliefs in other cultures.

    Hutchison, P. and Abrams, D. and Gutierrez, R. et al. (2008) Getting rid of the bad ones: The relationship between group identification, deviant derogation, and identity maintenance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44 (3). pp. 874-881. ISSN 0022-1031.

    Abstract

    Two studies investigated the impact of the presentation of an undesirable group member on group stereotype judgments among participants with varying degrees of ingroup identification. In Study 1 (N = 67), identification was associated with stereotype change following presentation of an undesirable, but not a desirable, ingroup member. This relationship was mediated by evaluations of the undesirable ingroup member: the stronger the identification, the more negative the evaluation, and the greater the shift towards a more positive ingroup stereotype. In Study 2 (N = 180), identification was positively associated with ingroup stereotype ratings following presentation of an undesirable ingroup member but was negatively associated with outgroup ratings following presentation of an undesirable outgroup member. As in Study 1, the association between ingroup, identification and ingroup stereotype ratings was mediated by evaluations of the undesirable ingroup member. Results are discussed in relation to the black sheep effect and identity maintenance strategies.

    Viki, G.T. and Calitri, R. (2008) Infrahuman outgroup or suprahuman ingroup: The role of nationalism and patriotism in the infrahumanization of outgroups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38 (6). pp. 1054-1061. ISSN 0046-2772.

    Abstract

    Previous research has shown that people are more likely to attribute uniquely human emotions to their ingroup than an outgroup (infrahumanization). In the current research, we examine whether these research findings are an indication of the infrahumanization of outgroups or the suprahumanization of the ingroup. We examined the role of nationalism and patriotism in the attribution of secondary emotions to groups. In line with the infrahumanization argument, we obtained a significant positive relationship between nationalism and the differential attribution of secondary emotions to the ingroup versus outgroup. In contrast, patriotism was negatively related to the differential attribution of secondary emotions. These findings indicate that the differential attribution of secondary emotions to the ingroup (vs. outgroup) is an indication of the derogation or infrahumanization of outgroups.

    Zebel, S. and Zimmermann, A. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2008) Dehumanization and guilt as distinct but related predictors of support for reparation policies. Political Psychology, 29 (2). pp. 193-219. ISSN 0162-895X.

    Abstract

    In two studies, we predicted that support for reparation policies would be influenced positively by feelings of group-based guilt and negatively by dehumanization of the outgroup. We also hypothesized that a valence manipulation of the ingroup's behavior would cause differences in such support which would be mediated by guilt. In the first study, we manipulated the valence of past ingroup behavior and assessed guilt, dehumanization, and reparation support. As expected, guilt predicted positively and dehumanization negatively participants' support. In addition, guilt partially mediated the manipulation effects on policy support. Consistent with previous research, guilt and dehumanization were unrelated. In Study 2, we assessed individual differences in dehumanization before the manipulation and examined their associations with guilt and reparation support. Initial analyses replicated Study 1. In addition, guilt partially mediated the influence of dehumanization on reparation support. Results suggest that the presence of guilt motivates support for reparation policies, while the absence of guilt explains in part why individual differences in dehumanization inhibit such support.

    Adler, J.R and Loucks, N. and Burnside, J. et al. (2008) Measuring religion in prisons: Offenders' beliefs and attitudes. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 8 (2). pp. 130-149. ISSN 1522-8932.

    Abstract

    This article reports on ways to measure and assess the effects of living within a religious regime, comparing Kainos prisoners with matched control participants. Kainos is a Christian, cognitive behavioral regime run in English prisons. In this article, we consider prisoners' attitudes toward religion and provide objective information regarding the impact of a religious intervention on the religiosity of prisoners. We present data from three scales: the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith (SCSORF; Plante & Boccaccini, 1997a); the Age Universal I-E (Intrinsic-Extrinsic) Scale (Maltby, 2002; Maltby & Lewis, 1997); and the Francis Attitudes Towards Christianity Scale (Francis, 1993b; Francis, Lewis, Philipchalk, Brown, & Lester, 1995; Lewis & Maltby, 1997; Lewis, Shevlin, Lloyd, & Adamson, 1998). Two hundred and sixteen prisoners participated, from across all prisons in which Kainos ran. The Kainos program attracted prisoners who were already seeking spiritual sustenance. Religious prisoners held at normal, non-Kainos locations were less likely to retain their beliefs. There are implications for how the Prison Service could better sustain spirituality among the imprisoned

    Eller, A. and Abrams, D. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2007) Stay cool, hang loose, admit nothing: Race, intergroup contact, and public-police relations. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 29 (3). pp. 213-224. ISSN 0197-3533.

    Abstract

    Drawing on the contact hypothesis of Allport (1954) and Pettigrew (1998) we examined whether public-police contact, among White and Black university students in Britain, mediated between participant race and perceived racism of police and cooperation with police, respectively. Study 1 (N= 105) showed this to be the case for quality, but not quantity of contact. High-quality contact mitigated the negative effects of being Black on greater perceived racism and lower cooperation. Study 2 (N= 130) assessed a general view of police and desired closeness to police as dependent variables and investigated the moderating potential of racial identification. Higher-quality and lower quantity of contact were associated with a more positive view of police and higher desired closeness. Identification moderated the effects of race on quantity of contact, view of police, and desired closeness, with negative effects driven by high identification.

    Eller, A. and Abrams, D. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2007) When my friend's friend is a police officer: Extended contact, crossed-categorisation, and public-police relations of black and white people. South African Journal of Psychology, 37 (4). pp. 783-802. ISSN 0081-2463.

    Abstract

    Crossed-categorisation and extended contact are two different bases for improving intergroup relations. Crossed-categorisation refers to the crossing of two dichotomous social dimensions, resulting in four groups (double ingroup, double outgroup, and two mixed groups). The extended contact hypothesis proposes that knowledge about ingroup-outgroup friendships can lead to more positive intergroup attitudes. The present research combined extended contact and crossed-categorisation to test whether black and white university students' view of the police, perceived racism of police, desired closeness to police, and willingness to join police were improved through extended contact with a black (or white) police officer via a black (or white) acquaintance (four possibilities). Double-outgroup extended contact for both white and black participants, and mixed-group extended contact for whites (showing a social exclusion pattern), were associated with worse public-police relations. In contrast, double-ingroup extended contact for whites, and mixed-group extended contact for blacks (showing a social inclusion pattern) were associated with improved relations.

    Chiroro, P. and Viki, G.T. and Frodi, A. et al. (2006) Child sexual abuse among Zimbabwean girls and women: Nature, prevalence and victim-perpetrator relationships. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 16. pp. 17-26.

    Giessner, S.R. and Viki, G.T. and Otten, S. et al. (2006) The challenge of merging: Merger patterns, pre-merger status and merger support. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32 (3). pp. 339-352. ISSN 0146-1672.

    Abstract

    Employees of merging organizations often show resistance to the merger. The employees' support depends on the companies' premerger status and on the merger pattern. Based on an inter-group perspective, three studies were conducted to investigate the influence of premerger status (high, low) and merger pattern (assimilation, integration-equality, integration-proportionality, transformation) on participants' support for a pending organizational merger Students (Study 1) and employees (Study 2) had to take the perspective of employees of a fictitious merging organization. Study 3 investigated students' perceptions of a potentially pending university merger using a 2 (status) x 3 (merger pattern: assimilation, integration-equality, integration-proportionality) design. Across all studies, the low-status group favored integration-equality and transformation whereas the high-status group preferred integration-proportionality and assimilation. Perceived threat mediated the effects. Legitimacy was a stronger mediator for effects of the low-status group.

    Viki, G.T. and Chiroro, P. and Abrams, D. (2006) Hostile Sexism, Type of Rape and Self Reported Rape Proclivity Within a Sample of Zimbabwean Males. Violence Against Women, 12 (8). pp. 789-800. ISSN 1077-8012.

    Abstract

    The role of hostile sexism in accounting for rape proclivity among men was investigated using a sample of Zimbabwean students. Participants were presented with either an acquaintance rape or a stranger rape scenario and asked to respond to five questions about the scenario designed to assess rape proclivity. As expected, a significant relationship between hostile sexism and rape proclivity was obtained in the acquaintance rape but not the stranger rape condition. These results replicate previous research and suggest that hostile sexists are more likely to express their hostility toward women in situations where such behavior might be perceived as acceptable.

    Viki, G.T. and Winchester, L. and Titshall, L. et al. (2006) Beyond secondary emotions: The infrahumanization of outgroups using human-related and animal-related words. Social Cognition, 24 (6). pp. 753-775. ISSN 0278-016X.

    Abstract

    This paper reports four series of studies that examined the infrahumanization effect using a different measure. Across the four studies, we examined whether people would associate their ingroup more with human- (vs. animal-) related words in comparison to outgroups. In Study 1, we used the Implicit Association Test (Greenwald et al., 1998) and found that participants were quicker during the compatible task (when ingroup names and human-related words shared the same response key and outgroup names and animal-related words shared the same response key) in comparison to the incompatible task. Studies 2a and 2b utilized a paper and pencil design and found that participants were more likely to link ingroup names with human-related words in comparison to the outgroup. In Studies 3a and 3b, we found that participants selected human-related words as being more characteristic of the ingroup in general than the outgroup. In Study 4, we used positive and negative words and found that participants were more likely to link human-related words with ingroup (vs. outgroup) names regardless of valence. Results are discussed in relation to their implications for infrahumanization theory.

    Viki, G.T. and Culmer, M.J. and Eller, A. et al. (2006) Race and willingness to co-operate with the police: The roles of quality of contact, attitudes towards the behaviour and subjective norms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45 (Part 2). pp. 285-302. ISSN 0144-6665.

    Abstract

    Black individuals are usually reluctant to co-operate with the police (Smith, 1983a). We propose that a history of unpleasant interactions with the police generates hostile attitudes towards the institution (Jefferson & Walker, 1993). Using a sample of 56 black and 64 white participants, we examined whether quality of contact predicts black people's attitudes and subjective norms concerning co-operating with the police. Our findings indicated that the Contact Hypothesis (Pettigrew, 1998) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen, 1991) jointly provide some insight into the disinclination of black individuals to co-operate with the police. We found that the relationship between race and attitudes or subjective norms concerning co-operation with police investigations was mediated by quality of previous contact with the police. In turn, the relationship between quality of contact and willingness to co-operate with police investigations was mediated by both attitudes and subjective norms. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

    Masser, B. and Viki, G.T. and Power, C. (2006) Hostile sexism and rape proclivity amongst males. Sex Roles, 54 (7-8). pp. 565-574. ISSN 0360-0025.

    Abstract

    In the current study, we examined the influence of victim type and hostile sexism on men's judgments about an acquaintance rape victim and their self-reported acquaintance rape proclivity. It was predicted that hostile sexism would predict self-reported rape proclivity, but that this relationship would be moderated by victim type. Specifically, it was predicted that participants would report greater proclivity in relation to a victim who appeared not to adhere to traditional gender stereotypes than to a victim who appeared to adhere to such stereotypes. Further, in line with D. Abrams, G. T. Viki, B. Masser, and G. Bohner (2003), it was predicted that the relationship between hostile sexism and rape proclivity would be mediated by perceptions of "token resistance" by the victim. Results partially supported the hypotheses. Hostile sexism was positively related to rape proclivity, but victim type was not found to moderate the relationship. In addition, perceptions of "token resistance" were found to mediate the hostile sexism and rape proclivity relationship. The results suggest that, at least in terms of rape proclivity, hostile sexists may not differentiate in their targets for sexual aggression.

    Viki, G.T. and Massey, K. and Masser, B. (2005) When chivalry backfires: Benevolent sexism and attitudes toward Myra Hindley. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10 (Part 1). pp. 109-120. ISSN 1355-3259.

    Abstract

    Researchers have suggested that paternalistic attitudes may influence people's perceptions of female offenders. In the current study, we examined the role of benevolent and hostile sexism in people's perceptions of a specific female offender (Myra Hindley), who can be viewed as having violated traditional gender role assumptions. We observed that benevolent sexism (but not hostile sexism) was related to negative evaluations of Myra Hindley. In addition, mediation analyses suggest that the relationship between benevolent sexism and the negative evaluations of Myra Hindley was partially accounted for by participants' perceptions that Myra Hindley possessed traits that violated traditional gender role stereotypes. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. (2004) Benevolent and hostile sexism: Complementary system justifying ideologies. Social Psychological Review, 6. pp. 76-88.

    Chiroro, P. and Bohner, G. and Viki, G.T. et al. (2004) Rape myth acceptance and rape proclivity - Expected dominance versus expected arousal as mediators in acquaintance-rape situations. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19 (4). pp. 427-442. ISSN 0886-2605.

    Abstract

    Individuals who are high in rape myth acceptance (RMA) have been found to report a high proclivity to rape. In a series of three studies, the authors examined whether the relationship between RMA and self-reported rape proclivity was mediated by anticipated sexual arousal or anticipated enjoyment of sexually dominating the rape victim. Results of all three studies suggest that the anticipated enjoyment of sexual dominance mediates the relationship between RMA and rape proclivity, whereas anticipated sexual arousal does not. These findings are consistent with the feminist argument that rape and sexual violence may be motivated by men's desire to exert power over women. Theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed

    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. and Masser, B. (2004) Evaluating stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent sexism in perpetrator blame and recommended sentence length. Law and Human Behavior, 28 (3). pp. 295-303. ISSN 0147-7307.

    Abstract

    In most jurisdictions, the law does not recognize the distinction between stranger and acquaintance rape. However, these two types of rape seem to elicit different responses from both lay observers and legal practitioners. Two studies investigating the role of benevolent sexism (BS) in accounting for participants' responses to acquaintance vs. stranger rape perpetrators are reported. Participants were presented with vignettes describing either an acquaintance rape or a stranger rape. As predicted, relative to low-BS individuals, participants who scored high in BS attributed less blame ( Study 1) and recommended shorter sentences ( Study 2) for the acquaintance rape perpetrator. Benevolent sexism was unrelated to reactions to the perpetrator in the stranger rape condition

    Abrams, D. and Viki, G.T. and Masser, B. et al. (2003) Perceptions of stranger and acquaintance rape: The role of benevolent and hostile sexism in victim blame and rape proclivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84 (1). pp. 111-125. ISSN 0022-3514.

    Abstract

    Abstract: In Studies I and 21 after reading an acquaintance-rape but not a stranger-rape scenario, higher benevolent. sexist but not hostile sexist participants blamed the victim significantly more. In Study 2, higher hostile sexist but not benevolent sexist male participants showed significantly greater proclivity to commit acquaintance (but not stranger) rape. Studies 3 a effects" of nd 4 'slippor,ted the hypothesis that the benevolent sexism and hostile sexism are mediated by different perceptions of the victim, as behaving. inappropriately and as really wanting sex with the rapist. These findings show that benevolent sexism and hostile sexism,underpin different assumptions about women that, generate sexist reactions toward rape victims.

    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. (2003) Infra-humanization: Ambivalent Sexism and the attribution of primary and secondary emotions to women. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39 (5). pp. 492-499. ISSN 0022-1031.

    Abstract

    Leyens and colleagues (e.g., Leyens et al., 2001) have observed that people are more likely to attribute uniquely human (secondary) emotions to the in-group than to the out-group. We examined whether males and females differentially attribute primary and secondary emotions to women. We hypothesized that individual differences in hostile sexism (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS), rather than participant sex, would predict the attribution of emotions to women. As expected, high BS individuals were more likely to attribute positive secondary emotions to women than low BS individuals. In contrast, high HS individuals were more likely to deny positive secondary emotions to women than low HS individuals. Participant sex was not related to the attribution of emotions to women after the effects of HS and BS were accounted for.

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    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. and Hutchison, P. (2003) The “True” Romantic: Benevolent Sexism and Paternalistic Chivalry. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 49 (9-10). pp. 533-537. ISSN 0360-0025.

    Abstract

    Previous research has shown that individuals high in benevolent sexism positively evaluate women who conform to traditional gender roles (e.g., Glick, Diebold, Bailey-Warner, & Zhu, 1997). In the current study, male and female participants completed the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996) and a new measure of paternalistic chivalry, that is, attitudes that are both courteous and considerate to women but place restrictions on behavior considered appropriate for women during courtship. Consistent with our hypotheses, benevolent sexism was significantly positively related to paternalistic chivalry. Hostile sexism and participant sex were unrelated to paternalistic chivalry.

    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. (2002) Against their will: Benevolent sexism and rape victims. Relational Justice Bulletin, 15. pp. 4-5.

    Viki, G.T. and Abrams, D. (2002) But she was unfaithful: Benevolent sexism and reactions to rape victims who violate traditional gender role expectations. Sex Roles, 47 (5-6). pp. 289-293. ISSN 0360-0025.

    Abstract

    The role of benevolent sexism (BS) in accounting for victim blame in an acquaintance rape case was investigated. Participants were presented with vignettes that described an acquaintance rape. Control condition participants were given no descriptive information about the victim, whereas in the "cheating" condition the victim was described as a "married woman." As predicted, participants who scored high in BS attributed more blame to the acquaintance rape victim who was assaulted during an act of infidelity than to a victim in similar circumstances whose marital status was unknown. These findings complement those of other research (Abrams, Viki, Masser, & Bohner, in press), which indicate that individuals high in BS are more likely to react negatively to rape victims who can be viewed as violating social norms concerning appropriate conduct for women.

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2009-2010

GT Viki
Research Fellowship - Stanford University 
"Positive stereotype threat"

$45,000

2008-2010

A Bardi and G T Viki
ESRC
Can Values Reduce Prejudice even when Identification is High?

£102,614

2006

G T Viki 
Kent Enterprise Unit 
Consultancy Grant

£5,000

2006

G T Viki 
University of Queensland, Social Sciences Faculty, Australia
International Collaborative Research Travel Award

£2,000

2005-2006

G T Viki and D Abrams
Economic and Social Research Council
Identification and evaluations of confessions by in-group and out-group members

£46,750

2005-2006

G T Viki
HEFCE Promising Researchers

£2,500

2005-2006

G T Viki
Nuffield Foundation
Attitudes, beliefs and intentions concerning career choices among young women in the UK

£8,200

2004

G T Viki, G. Randsley de Moura and T. Hopthrow
University of Kent Faculty of Social Sciences

£650

2004

G T Viki, . Abrams, A. Bardi, A. Rutland & G. Randsley de Moura 
Age Concern 

£5,000

2004

G T Viki
British Academy
Nationalism or Patriotism: The infrahumanization of economic migrants and asylum seekers

£4,594

2004

G T Viki
EAESP Seedcorn Grant
The role of perceived threat and the infrahumanization of outgroups

£1,000

2004

G T Viki
University of Kent 

£700

 

Final-year Project Supervision

I would be highly interested in supervising students doing research in the following areas:

Creativity and Innovation
This research would explore the role of social identity and multicultural experiences in creativity and innovation.

Mergers and Acquisitions
This research would examine the social psychological mechanisms that influence the success of organizational mergers (e.g. merger support and turnover intentions).

Dehumanization
This research would explore the social, political and business consequences of dehumanization.

Professional Memberships

Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (Membership Number: 94801)
Full member of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP)
Member of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Ad hoc reviewer

Basic and Applied Psychology
British Journal of Social Psychology
Community and Applied Social Psychology
Group Process and Intergroup Relations
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Legal and Criminological Psychology
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
Social Psychology

 

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University of Kent
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