Warm and Competent Hassan = Cold and Incompetent Eric: A Harsh Equation of Real-Life Hiring Discrimination

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-366

  Agerström, Jens ^a   Björklund, Fredrik ^b   Carlsson, Rickard ^b   Rooth, Dan Olof ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84864579512     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.693438     Document Type: Article

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