The effects of foreign accents on employment-related decisions

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-132

  Hosoda, Megumi ^a   Stone Romero, Eugene ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Decision making; Discrimination in employment; Immigrants; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449110861     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941011019339     Document Type: Article

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