Bias against overweight job applicants: Further explorations of when and why

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-222

  Finkelstein, Lisa M ^a   Demuth, Rachel L Frautschy ^b   Sweeney, Donna L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 34250844922     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20157     Document Type: Article

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