Whitened résumés: Race and self-presentation in the labor market

SK Kang, KA DeCelles, A Tilcsik… - Administrative science …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Using interviews, a laboratory experiment, and a résumé audit study, we examine racial
minorities' attempts to avoid anticipated discrimination in labor markets by concealing or …

How race influences perceptions of objectivity and hiring preferences

B Torrez, CH Dupree, MW Kraus - Journal of Experimental Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectivity norms can act as a source of mistrust of marginalized voices within organizations.
In this paper, we study White evaluators' perceptions of Black applicants' objectivity and …

Racial discrimination, interpretation, and legitimation at work

R Light, VJ Roscigno, A Kalev - The ANNALS of the …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on race stratification and employment usually implies discrimination as a key
mechanism in race stratification, although few if any analyses bring attitudes, employee …

“that single-mother element” how white employers typify black women

I Kennelly - Gender & Society, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Many employers assess their workforces with gendered and racialized imagery that can put
groups of workers and applicants at a disadvantage in the labor market. Based on 78 …

“We'd love to hire them, but…”: The meaning of race for employers

J Kirshenman, KM Neckerman - Race and ethnic conflict, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter explores the meaning of race and ethnicity to employers, the ways race and
ethnicity are qualified by—and at times reinforce—other characteristics in the eyes of …

To disclose or not to disclose biracial identity: The effect of biracial disclosure on perceiver evaluations and target responses

DT Sanchez, CM Bonam - Journal of Social Issues, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Are biracial people perceived more negatively than their monoracial counterparts? Across
two studies, we compared ratings of warmth, competence, and minority scholarship …

'... Yeah, I could hire this one, but I know it's gonna be a problem': how race, nativity and gender affect employers' perceptions of the manageability of job seekers

J Shih - Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates Los Angeles employers' attitudes towards African American and
immigrant Latino low-skill workers. Using 145 in-depth interviews of employers in four …

When ethnic discrimination in recruitment is likely to occur and how to reduce it: applying a contingency perspective to review resume studies

M Adamovic - Human Resource Management Review, 2022 - Elsevier
Cultural minorities often suffer from ethnic discrimination in recruitment. To measure ethnic
discrimination accurately, researchers have shifted from interviews, survey studies, and …

Discrimination in a low-wage labor market: A field experiment

D Pager, B Bonikowski… - American sociological …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Decades of racial progress have led some researchers and policymakers to doubt that
discrimination remains an important cause of economic inequality. To study contemporary …

[图书][B] Black corporate executives: The making and breaking of a Black middle class

SM Collins - 1997 - books.google.com
Against the backdrop of increasing ambivalence in the federal government commitment to
race-based employment policies, this book reveals how African-Americans first broke into …