Testing the Structured Free Recall Intervention for Reducing the Impact of Bodyweight-Based Stereotypes on Performance Ratings in Immediate and Delayed Contexts

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-222

  Rudolph, Cort W ^a   Baltes, Boris B ^b   Zhdanova, Ludmila S ^c   Clark, Malissa A ^d   Bal, Anne C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodyweight based bias; Performance rating; Stereotype endorsement; Structured free recall intervention (SFRI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861227084     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9240-7     Document Type: Article

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