Responding to Illegal Inquiries on Job Application Blanks: The Effects of Information Management Strategy, Gender, and Position Type on Applicant Ratings.

Bredeson, P. V.

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ERIC Number: EJ448005

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Publication Date: 1992

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Responding to Illegal Inquiries on Job Application Blanks: The Effects of Information Management Strategy, Gender, and Position Type on Applicant Ratings.

Bredeson, P. V.

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, v5 n3 p245-56 May 1992

Effects of an applicant's information management strategy while responding to a job application item requesting illegal candidate information and moderating effects of applicant sex and position were studied for 12 hypothetical school job applicants with 108 graduate student raters. The interactions of strategy, sex, and position have important implications. (SLD)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Decision Making, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluators, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Management, Job Applicants, Job Application, Legal Problems, Personnel Selection, Response Style (Tests), Sex Differences

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Language: English

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