Hiring gender-occupation incongruent applicants: The positive impact of recruiter interpersonal sensitivity

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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Hiring gender-occupation incongruent applicants: The positive impact of recruiter interpersonal sensitivity
Journal
Journal of Personnel Psychology
Author(s)
Frauendorfer D., Schmid Mast M.
ISSN
1866-5888
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Number
4
Pages
182-188
Language
english
Abstract
Gender-occupational stereotypes that recruiters harbor toward male and female applicants still exist. However, there might be individual differences in recruiters that account for more or less stereotyping when facing male and female applicants who do not correspond to attributes of the job opening (e.g., male-typical vs. female-typical job). In this study, we tested whether recruiters high on interpersonal sensitivity are more likely to hire gender-occupational incongruent applicants. Seventy-three participants in the role of a recruiter conducted a job interview with either a gender-occupational incongruent (woman applying for a male-typical job or man applying for a female-typical job) or a gender-occupational congruent applicant. Results showed that the likelihood of hiring a gender-occupation incongruent applicant increased the more the recruiter was interpersonally sensitive, whereas interpersonal sensitivity did not affect hiring decision regarding gender-occupation congruent applicants.
Keywords
Interpersonal sensitivity, Job interview, Gender-occupational stereotypes, Information processing
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