The Role of Automatic Obesity Stereotypes in Real Hiring Discrimination

Autor/inn/en	Agerstrom, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof
Titel	The Role of Automatic Obesity Stereotypes in Real Hiring Discrimination
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Psychology, 96 (2011) 4, S.790-805 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9010
DOI	10.1037/a0021594
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Personnel Selection; Employment Interviews; Job Skills; Stereotypes; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Prediction; Job Applicants; Social Discrimination; Negative Attitudes; Association Measures; Administrators; Photography; Pictorial Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Produktive Fertigkeit; Klischee; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Vorhersage; Bewerber; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Negative Fixierung; Fotografie; Fantasieanregung
Abstract	This study examined whether automatic stereotypes captured by the implicit association test (IAT) can predict real hiring discrimination against the obese. In an unobtrusive field experiment, job applications were sent to a large number of real job vacancies. The applications were matched on credentials but differed with respect to the applicant's weight. Discriminatory behavior was quantified by the extent to which the hiring managers invited normal-weight versus obese applicants to a job interview. Several months after the behavioral data were obtained, the hiring managers completed an obesity IAT and explicit hiring preference measures. Only the IAT scores reliably predicted interview decisions. More specifically, hiring managers holding more negative automatic stereotypes about the obese were less likely to invite an obese applicant for an interview. The present research is the first to show that automatic bias predicts labor market discrimination against obese individuals. Practical implications are discussed. (Contains 1 figure, 8 tables, and 12 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10