The multiple-category problem: Category activation and inhibition in the hiring process

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Kulik, Carol T.; Roberson, Loriann; Perry, Elissa L.
• 署名单位: University of South Australia; Columbia University; Columbia University Teachers College
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2007.24351855
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 529-548
• 关键词: SIMULATED EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS; JOB FIT STEREOTYPES; social cognition; GENDER; PREJUDICE; DISCRIMINATION; INTERVIEW; self; mind; performance

摘要

Research has demonstrated that organizational decision makers use categories and associated stereotypes to make hiring decisions. But what happens when a job applicant can be categorized in multiple ways? We use the social cognition literature to develop a model of category activation and inhibition in the hiring process. The model explains how situational and individual-difference variables influence which category will dominate the decision maker's impression of the job candidate and exert the greatest influence on the hiring decision.