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Oswald, Ramona Faith Oswald, Ramona Faith Hardesty, Jennifer Smith, Shardé Zvonkovic, Anisa Holman, Elizabeth G 2016-11-10T18:27:38Z 2016-11-10T18:27:38Z 2018-11-11T10:15:36Z 2016-07-01 2016-08 Studies of minority stress processes (Meyer, 2003) in the workplace have focused on individual level outcomes, such as individual mental health (Velez, Moradi, & Brewster, 2013), or outcomes within the work context, such as job satisfaction or productivity (Button, 2001; Ragins Singh, & Cornwall, 2007). Very little attention has been given to the ways in which experiences with minority stressors in the work domain affect the same-sex partners of sexual minority employees and their relationships. This dissertation project used a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach involving quantitative secondary data analysis and qualitative case study analysis to examine the couple-level effects of minority stress processes and supports in the work domain. Results show that sexual minority employees continue to experience minority stress processes in the work place, and specifically social stigma and other subtle microaggressions appear to be the predominant prejudice event reported. Further, these experiences with prejudice events and other forms of minority stress processes are associated with couple-level outcomes, such as decreased relationship satisfaction. However, participants in the case study analysis also reported ways in which their relationships were positively affected by these experiences, by being able to support one another for example. Findings from this project enhance our understanding of minority stress processes theoretically, but can also be applied to workplaces broadly to inform policy and practices within organizations. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-08-01 The student, Elizabeth Holman, accepted the attached license on 2016-06-30 at 15:39. The student, Elizabeth Holman, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-06-30 at 15:48. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-07-01 at 12:12. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9736 on 2016-11-10 at 12:20:04 Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-10T18:27:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 HOLMAN-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf: 1442028 bytes, checksum: f8084352977e8cdcd1a71dab3235f8ee (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4213 bytes, checksum: 5c5bc8ff866c27f40874a3353180ccd8 (MD5) PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt: 4559 bytes, checksum: 62802258e70437ad9f71a97ecb58cfb1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-01 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 95335 Lift date: 2018-11-10T18:28:02Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 95335 on 2018-11-11T10:15:36Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/92915 en Copyright 2016 Elizabeth Holman minority stress theory same-sex couples work context microaggressions social supports Exploring minority stress processes and social supports in the workplace: how individuals in same-sex relationships manage the work/family border text text Human Dvlpmt & Family Studies Human Dvlpmt & Family Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.