Political skill: Explaining the effects of nonnative accent on managerial hiring and entrepreneurial investment decisions

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1005-1017

  Huang, Laura ^a   Frideger, Marcia ^b   Pearce, Jone L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Holy Names University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Investment decisions; Managerial hiring; Nonnative accent; Political skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887978068     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034125     Document Type: Article

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