TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of situational factors on personnel decisions concerning women
T2 - Varying the sex composition of the applicant pool
AU - Heilman, Madeline E.
PY - 1980/12
Y1 - 1980/12
N2 - One hundred male and female MBA students evaluated a woman applicant for a managerial position when the proportion of women in the applicant pool was varied. Results indicated that personnel decisions of both males and females were significantly more unfavorable when women represented 25% or less of the total pool. Additional findings suggest that this effect was mediated by the degree to which sex stereotypes predominated in forming impressions of applicants. The results were interpreted as supportive of the thesis that situational factors can function to reduce the adverse effects of sex stereotypes in employment settings.
AB - One hundred male and female MBA students evaluated a woman applicant for a managerial position when the proportion of women in the applicant pool was varied. Results indicated that personnel decisions of both males and females were significantly more unfavorable when women represented 25% or less of the total pool. Additional findings suggest that this effect was mediated by the degree to which sex stereotypes predominated in forming impressions of applicants. The results were interpreted as supportive of the thesis that situational factors can function to reduce the adverse effects of sex stereotypes in employment settings.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-5073(80)90074-4
DO - 10.1016/0030-5073(80)90074-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001249184
SN - 0030-5073
VL - 26
SP - 386
EP - 395
JO - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance
JF - Organizational Behavior and Human Performance
IS - 3
ER -