Shifting standards and the inference of incompetence: Effects of formal and informal evaluation tools

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 855-868

  Biernat, Monica ^a   Fuegen, Kathleen ^b   Kobrynowicz, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Competence; Social judgment; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STEREOTYPING;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77953923514     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210369483     Document Type: Article

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