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A note on job type and applicant race as determinants of hiring decisions
Author(s) -
TERPSTRA DAVID E.,
LARSEN JOHN M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1980.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - salary , race (biology) , white (mutation) , psychology , variance (accounting) , social psychology , job performance , job satisfaction , political science , sociology , business , gender studies , law , gene , biochemistry , chemistry , accounting
Seventy‐two male and female graduate students in management evaluated 12 fictitious job applicant resumés with respect to three types of jobs (Black‐held, neutral, White‐held). Four resumés per job were evaluated, which represented a high qualifications White, a high qualifications Black, a low qualifications White, and a low qualifications Black. The subjects rated the job applicants as to hirability and starting salary assignment. Additionally, the subjects indicated the one job applicant they would hire for each job if only one applicant could be hired. Analyses of variance revealed that Blacks received significantly higher hirability and salary assignment ratings than Whites for the Black‐typed job, while Whites were rated more favourably than Blacks for the White‐typed job. The ‘one choice’ data indicated a similar pattern.