Employment Discrimination: Authority Figures' Demographic Preferences and Followers' Affective Organizational Commitment

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1287-1300

  Petersen, Lars Eric ^a   Dietz, Jörg ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

employment discrimination; obedience to authority; organizational commitment; personnel selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREJUDICE;

EID: 56849128785     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012867     Document Type: Article

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