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The Employment Interview: The Role of Sex Stereotypes in the Evaluation of Male and Female Job Applicants in the Netherlands 1
Author(s) -
Vianen Nneues E. M. Van,
Willemsen Tineke M.
Publication year - 1992
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.1559-1816.1992.tb00985.x
Subject(s) - psychology , ideal (ethics) , personnel selection , social psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , job interview , management , law , political science , artificial intelligence , economics , computer science
This field study focused on the influence of sex stereotypes in the evaluation of male ( N =38) and female ( N =21) job applicants in the Netherlands. The employee selection process for higher‐level technical and academic jobs in real life situations was studied, with special attention to the assessment of applicants by members of selection committees. It was demonstrated that, according to the job interviewers, the ideal applicant had more masculine than feminine traits. Males and females were regarded as having the same qualifications for the job, but because male applicants were assessed as having more masculine characteristics and female applicants more feminine characteristics, the male applicants were accepted more often. The job interviewers acted according to a fit model: The applicant most similar in traits to the ideal applicant was hired for each job.