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Vietnam Veterans: Fighting the Employment War
Author(s) -
Bordieri James E.,
Drehmer David E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1984.tb02242.x
Subject(s) - vietnam war , psychology , social psychology , context (archaeology) , position (finance) , trait , political science , law , business , history , archaeology , finance , computer science , programming language
The extent and nature of unfairly discriminatory hiring practices involving Vietnam veterans was experimentally explored. Sixty‐six supervisors and mid‐level managers reviewed the resume of an applicant and the position description for the job being sought. Given otherwise identical qualifications, the applicant was described as either a Vietnam veteran or a non‐Vietnam veteran. Results demonstrated that subjects made significantly lower recommendations to hire the Vietnam veteran even though both applicants were judged equally qualified for the job. The Vietnam veteran was also perceived to have a higher probability of psychological problems in his life. Findings are discussed in the context of Asch's (1946) central trait theory.