ISSN:
1573-3378
Keywords:
workplace discrimination
;
employment discrimination
;
homosexuals
;
minorities
;
women
;
affirmative action
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
Abstract This study was developed to examine whether bias against women, blacks, and homosexuals emerges in predictable patterns when raters are presented with hiring scenarios. We instructed the research sample to hire six of eight candidates for an accounting position. Eight candidates were necessary to offer the full range of gender, race, and sexual orientation combinations. Requiring the research sample to select six of the eight candidates meant that each respondent would have to discriminate by eliminating the two candidates they considered the least desirable. We found that a black, male homosexual is the most likely target of discrimination and the white, female heterosexual is the least likely to be discriminated against. If it develops that these findings hold across a wide range of work-related decisions and samples, such results would support the argument for maintaining affirmative action for blacks and extending civil-rights protection to gays and lesbians.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1027319915725
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