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Stereotype Bias In Selection: A Process Approach, Donald V. Currie Mar 1979

Stereotype Bias In Selection: A Process Approach, Donald V. Currie

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This investigation was to determine if an applicant’s sex and the job’s sex orientation stereotypes affected the evaluation of applicant information and subsequent selection decision outcomes. Interviewers (N=48) were asked to rate the employment suitability of 49 hypothetical applicants. The results indicated that an interaction of the applicant’s sex and job’s sex orientation had marginal affect on the importance weightings in two of the four applicant attribute factors, motivation/ability and personality/appearance. Applicants with equivalent qualifications did not receive comparable employment suitability ratings, Unfair job discrimination was demonstrated by these data. It was concluded that the applicant’s sex and the job’s …


The Frequency Of Self-Disclosure Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Anthony Zamudio Jan 1979

The Frequency Of Self-Disclosure Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Anthony Zamudio

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Assertiveness Training A Study Of Its Effects With Female Adolescent Delinquents, May Margaret Economy Jan 1979

Assertiveness Training A Study Of Its Effects With Female Adolescent Delinquents, May Margaret Economy

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Black Women, Sex-Roles And Psychological Well Being..., M. Jean Peacock Jan 1979

Black Women, Sex-Roles And Psychological Well Being..., M. Jean Peacock

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Differences Between Feminists And Traditionalists In Sexual Communication, Attitudes, And Practices, Elizabeth L. Evans Jan 1979

Differences Between Feminists And Traditionalists In Sexual Communication, Attitudes, And Practices, Elizabeth L. Evans

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Women's Psychotherapy And Consciousness-Raising Groups Participants' Perceptions Of Group Experience, Becky White Jan 1979

Women's Psychotherapy And Consciousness-Raising Groups Participants' Perceptions Of Group Experience, Becky White

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Androgyny And Occupational Choice, Ruth Carol Ellerbusch Jan 1979

Androgyny And Occupational Choice, Ruth Carol Ellerbusch

Masters Theses

Sex-role orientation was investigated in terms of how it related to occupational choice. Sex-role orientation was defined in the following manner: one was either androgynous, masculine, feminine or indeterminate (Bern, 1974). Androgyny is a term used to describe individuals who are flexible in their sex-role orientation, individuals who are capable of being both instrumental and expressive, assertive and yielding, independent and dependent. Masculinity is associated with an instrumental orientation, a concern for oneself and getting the job done and a fondness for what man can make. Femininity is associated with an expressive communal orientation, an affective concern for the welfare …