Context in selection of men and women in hiring decisions: Gender composition of the applicant pool

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-360

  Van Ommeren, Jos ^a,e   Russo, Giovanni ^b   De Vries, Reinout E ^c   Van Ommeren, Mark ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20744449520     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.2.349-360     Document Type: Article

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