The influence of intergroup comparisons on Africans' intelligence test performance in a job selection context

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-468

  Klein, Olivier ^a   Pohl, Sabine ^a   Ndagijimana, Chantal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b École d'Ergologie de Belgique

Author keywords

Africans; Intelligence; Job selection; Stereotype threat; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049036339     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.5.453-468     Document Type: Article

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