Acknowledging One's Physical Disability in the Interview: Does “When” Make a Difference?
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The current research investigates acknowledgments that physically disabled individuals make in an interview setting, and examines whether the timing of an acknowledgment makes a difference to the impressions that evaluators form. A total of 137 participants watched an interview of a disabled applicant who (a) made no acknowledgment about the disability; or who acknowledged the disability at the (b) beginning, (c) middle, or (d) end of a job interview. Applicants who did not acknowledge or who acknowledged at the end of the interview were perceived less favorably than were those who disclosed earlier in the interview. Furthermore, participants’ perceptions of the applicant's psychological well‐being mediated the effect of acknowledgment timing on hiring‐related outcomes. Results are discussed in terms of self‐presentational strategies that physically disabled individuals might adopt and the importance of establishing one's psychological well‐being early in the impression‐formation process.
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Managers may react negatively to a late disclosure, even when 'late' simply means noting one's disability at the end of an employment interview instead of the beginning.
“However, managers may also react negatively to a late disclosure (Gold et al., 2012; Jans et al., 2012), even when “late” simply means noting one’s disability at the end of an employment interview instead of the beginning”
From The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle: Employer Concerns and Research Evidence (2020) · cites this paper as Hebl & Skorinko, 2005
Interviewers negatively react to job candidates' disabilities in an interview context.
“It is therefore not surprising to find that interviewers negatively react to job candidates’ disabilities in an interview context (Hebl & Skorinko, 2005).”
From The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle: Employer Concerns and Research Evidence (2020) · cites this paper as Hebl & Skorinko, 2005
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- Authors
- Hebl, M. R., & Skorinko, J. L.
- Affiliations
- Rice University (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hebl, Michelle R.
- ORCID
- Skorinko, Jeanine L.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2477-2492
- ISSN
- 0021-9029 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-1816
- OpenAlex
- W2016662898
- Cited by
- 91
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 4.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Keywords
- physical disability, disability disclosure, disclosure timing, job interviews, hiring decisions, impression formation, self-presentation, psychological well-being, applicant evaluation, employment discrimination
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