Selection interviews of overweight job applicants: Can structure reduce the bias?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1993-2022

  Kutcher, Eugene J ^a,b   Bragger, Jennifer Denicolis ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 13544272844     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02688.x     Document Type: Review

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