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At the doorstep to employment: Discrimination against immigrants as a function of applicant ethnicity, job type, and raters' prejudice

Krings, Franciska, Olivares, José·2007·International Journal of Psychology
DOI 10.1080/00207590701251721
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This study examined the impact of applicant ethnicity, job type, and prejudice on evaluation biases and intentions to interview in an experimental simulation. We suggest that bias and discrimination are more likely when foreign applicants who belong to disliked ethnic groups apply for jobs that require high interpersonal skills, and when raters are prejudiced against immigrants. Subjects were Swiss university students who evaluated Swiss, Spanish, and Kosovo Albanian fictitious applicants. Foreign applicants were second‐generation immigrants, i.e., Swiss‐born descendants of immigrants. Thus, all applicants had similar schooling and language proficiencies but differed with respect to ethnicity. As predicted, discrimination was only observed for members of the disliked ethnic group (Kosovo Albanian) and not for members of the well‐accepted group (Spanish). Moreover, this discrimination was only apparent when applying for a job requiring high interpersonal skills and not when applying for a job requiring high technical skills. Symbolic prejudice towards second‐generation immigrants interacted with applicant ethnicity and job type to affect evaluations of foreign applicants: Persons high in symbolic prejudice devalued foreign applicants belonging to the disliked group but only when applying for a job requiring high interpersonal skills. Overt prejudice was unrelated to evaluations and intentions to interview. These results suggest that discrimination against immigrants is highly specific, targeting only members of certain ethnic groups who apply for certain types of jobs. Moreover, evaluation biases may be more apparent in raters who are prejudiced. Thus, our results support the notion that discrimination for employment results from a complex interaction between characteristics of the applicant, the job, and the rater.

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Authors
Krings, F., & Olivares, J.
Affiliations
University of Neuchâtel (CH)
Corresponding author
Krings, Franciska
ORCID
Krings, Franciska
Venue
International Journal of Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-11-14
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
406-417
ISSN
  • 0020-7594 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-066X
DOI
10.1080/00207590701251721
OpenAlex
W1987041105
Cited by
61
References
31
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FWCI
9.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
International Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Keywords
employment discrimination, immigrants, immigrant children, employment type, social skills, technical skills, evaluation bias, hiring decisions, Kosovo Albanians, Spanish immigrants

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