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Consumer Racial Discrimination in Tipping: A Replication and Extension
Michael Lynn a 1 , Michael Sturman a , Christie Ganley b , Elizabeth Adams b , Mathew Douglas b and Jessica McNeil b
  a Cornell University
  b Mississippi College
  1 Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Michael Lynn, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6902. E-mail: WML3@Cornell.edu
Copyright Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

ABSTRACT

This study examined the effects of server race, customer race, and their interaction on restaurant tips while statistically controlling for customers' perceptions of service quality and other variables. The findings indicate that consumers of both races discriminated against Black service providers by tipping them less than White service providers. Furthermore, this server race effect on tipping was moderated by perceived service quality and dining party size. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Particularly noteworthy is the possibility that the server race effect on tipping represents an adverse impact against Black servers that makes the use of tipping to compensate employees a violation of employment discrimination law in the United States.


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10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00338.x About DOI

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