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Fanning The Embers Of Discrimination At Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen
Fanning The Embers Of Discrimination At Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen
University Honors Theses
In recent years, there has been an uptick in public awareness of systemic and structural inequities within the workplace. Organizational reward structures (i.e., performance-based and seniority-based) act as incentives for employees' contributions toward organizational goals, but could also motivate employees' drive for gaining or maintaining social status by undermining other employees, particularly targeting people with minority status. The proposed research will study the relationship between reward structures and the perpetration of incivility by accounting for perpetrators' social dominance orientation (SDO), their motivations to protect the status quo (MPSQ), and the presence of minority race targets. We draw from SDO, status …
The Impact Of Need For Cognition On Primacy And Regency Effects In The Employment Interview, Amy Marie Lawton
The Impact Of Need For Cognition On Primacy And Regency Effects In The Employment Interview, Amy Marie Lawton
Theses Digitization Project
The order of interview questions during the interview may influence candidate ratings, giving an unfair advantage to some candidates. This study was done to test the effect of the interviewer's need for cogniton, the desire to use cognitive energy, on primacy and recency effects during the employment interview. A transcript of competency-based behavior description interivew questions was given to nearly 300 participants. Evidence was found for recency effects only, and no significant differences were found that could be attributed to the interviewer's need for cognition.
Influences On The Perceived Reasonableness Of Employment Testing Accommodations For Persons With Disabilities, Bridget Ann Styers
Influences On The Perceived Reasonableness Of Employment Testing Accommodations For Persons With Disabilities, Bridget Ann Styers
Theses Digitization Project
The present study examined how the origin of an applicant's disability, the status of the job he/she was applying for and the level of test accommodation provided, influenced a participant's perception of what was a reasonable pre-employment testing accommodation. Additionally, how attributes of organizationsal members, such as age, education level and knowledge of ADA law influenced reasonableness of accommodation were examined.
The Impact Of Affirmative Action Programs On Perceptions Of Organizations, Christine Ann Barrett
The Impact Of Affirmative Action Programs On Perceptions Of Organizations, Christine Ann Barrett
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Negative Evaluations And Affirmative Action: The Preseverence Of Stigmatization, Miriam Guadalupe Resendez
Negative Evaluations And Affirmative Action: The Preseverence Of Stigmatization, Miriam Guadalupe Resendez
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Race Of The Administrator And Requesting Categorical Demographic Data On Response Bias In A Group Administered Job Attitude Survey, Glenn Russell Weinger
The Effect Of Race Of The Administrator And Requesting Categorical Demographic Data On Response Bias In A Group Administered Job Attitude Survey, Glenn Russell Weinger
Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.