Implicit sources of bias in employment interview judgments and decisions

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-167

  Segrest Purkiss, Sharon L ^a   Perrewé, Pamela L ^b   Gillespie, Treena L ^a   Mayes, Bronston T ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision to hire; Employment interview; Implicit sources of bias; Modern ethnicity bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750689580     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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