Individual variation in role construal predicts responses to third-party biases in hiring contexts.

We theorize that individuals' pre-existing beliefs about the hiring manager role (role construal) are associated with their tendency to condone bias accommodation in hiring contexts, in which a person aligns hiring decisions with the perceived biases of others. In two studies, we focus on human...

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Main Authors: Andrea C Vial, Janine Bosak, Patrick C Flood, John F Dovidio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244393