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Attitudes towards affirmative action in the selection process: a cross-cultural comparison

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dc.contributor.author Kennett, Mary Frances
dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-15T03:00:34Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-01T19:50:45Z
dc.date.available 2012-02-15T03:00:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-01T19:50:45Z
dc.date.copyright 1996
dc.date.issued 1996
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/27753
dc.description.abstract This study investigated whether a stigma of incompetence is attached to women appointed under an affirmative action strategy and if so whether information about the role of qualifications in the selection process would mitigate this effect. In the experiment, 316 people in the workforce from the United States and New Zealand reviewed the application material of either a man or a woman. The woman was either associated with an affirmative action scheme or not. In some cases information about the role of her qualifications in the selection process was included. Findings indicate that an affirmative action label did not influence ratings of competence, hiring due to qualifications, projected career progress or personal characterisations. The results from the United States are not consistent with previous studies conducted in the United States and suggest that people's attitudes have moderated because of the recent large-scale national publicity about affirmative action. The results from New Zealand are consistent with a previous study suggesting that people's attitudes have not changed and are as egalitarian as ever. In addition to the study involving employed subjects, it was investigated how different groups within the working population perceived hypothetical applicants selected for a position as part of an affirmative action initiative. Generally, groups such as managers, non-managers, men, women, individuals who work in organisations which employ equal employment opportunities or affirmative action programmes and those who do not, held the same attitudes as the general working population in the original analyses. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.title Attitudes towards affirmative action in the selection process: a cross-cultural comparison en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Awarded Research Masters Thesis en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Psychology en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.level Masters en_NZ


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