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Warm and competent Hassan = cold and incompetent Eric: A harsh equation of real-life hiring discrimination

Author

Summary, in English

In a field experiment, we sent out 5,636 job applications varying how Swedish (in-group) and Arab (out-group) applicants presented themselves in terms of two fundamental dimensions of social judgment: warmth and competence. Results indicate substantial discrimination where Arab applicants receive fewer invitations to job interviews. Conveying a warmer or more competent personality increases invitations. However, appearing both warm and competent seems to be especially important for Arab applicants. Arab applicants need to appear warmer and more competent than Swedish applicants to be invited equally often. The practical importance of signaling warmth and competence in labor market contexts is discussed.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

359-366

Publication/Series

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volume

34

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • Ethnicity
  • warmth
  • competence
  • hiring discrimination

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1532-4834