Meyer
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Stereotype Threat in Personnel Selection | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | We investigated the impact of stereotype threat on gender-related performance differences in computer-simulated complex problem-solving scenarios (microworlds) as are used in employment testing. Study 1 confirmed that a stereotype positing lower microworld performance of women exists. In Study 2, describing a microworld as a selection task diagnostic for managerial performance selectively decreased female participants’ performance. Study 3 investigated gender differences in a microworld task and in a verbal task in a real-world high-stakes assessment center (AC) for managerial selection. Multilevel modeling revealed that – consistent with stereotype threat theory - female applicants’ microworld performance, but not verbal task performance, was influenced by the number of surrounding females present during testing. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | performance, gender, stereotypes, personnel selection | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
No project-specific funding |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jul 2008 to Jul 2010 |