Weight-based discrimination in occupational hiring and helping behavior

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 968-981

  Swami, Viren ^a   Chan, Flora ^b   Wong, Vivien ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40949123967     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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