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Question 111

A study was conducted to investigate factors predicting hostile out-group attitudes toward newly arrived migrant workers in two distinct employment sectors: Group Alpha (highly competitive commercial sales) and Group Beta (collaborative public services). The findings of this correlational study are summarized in Table 3.

Table 3: Correlation coefficients (rrr) between perceived resource scarcity, strength of in-group solidarity, and hostile out-group attitudes

Group AlphaPerceived resource scarcityIn-group solidarity
In-group solidarity0.42NO DATA
Hostile out-group attitudes0.560.48
Group BetaPerceived resource scarcityIn-group solidarity
In-group solidarity0.31NO DATA
Hostile out-group attitudes0.470.39

Explain how realistic conflict theory supports the findings of this study.

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