Prototypes and same-gender bias in perceptions of hiring discrimination
(2018) In Journal of Social Psychology 158(3). p.285-297- Abstract
The present study investigated the relative importance of two explanations behind perceptions of gender discrimination in hiring: prototypes and same-gender bias. According to the prototype explanation, people perceive an event as discrimination to the extent that it fits their preconceptions of typical discrimination. In contrast, the same-gender bias explanation asserts that people more readily detect discrimination toward members of their own gender. In four experiments (n = 797), women and men made considerably stronger discrimination attributions, and were moderately more discouraged from seeking work, when the victim was female rather than male. Further, a series of regressions analyses showed beliefs in discrimination of women to... (More)
The present study investigated the relative importance of two explanations behind perceptions of gender discrimination in hiring: prototypes and same-gender bias. According to the prototype explanation, people perceive an event as discrimination to the extent that it fits their preconceptions of typical discrimination. In contrast, the same-gender bias explanation asserts that people more readily detect discrimination toward members of their own gender. In four experiments (n = 797), women and men made considerably stronger discrimination attributions, and were moderately more discouraged from seeking work, when the victim was female rather than male. Further, a series of regressions analyses showed beliefs in discrimination of women to be moderately correlated with discrimination attributions of female victims, but little added explanatory value of participant gender, stigma consciousness, or feminist identification. The results offer strong support for the prototype explanation.
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- Carlsson, Rickard LU and Sinclair, Samantha LU
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- 2018
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- Contribution to journal
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- Gender, in-group bias, perceived discrimination, prototypes
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- Journal of Social Psychology
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- 158
- issue
- 3
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- 285 - 297
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- Taylor & Francis
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- pmid:28614000
- scopus:85028562522
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- 0022-4545
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- 10.1080/00224545.2017.1341374
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- English
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