APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

The Effect of Anonymous Résumés on Perceptions of Job Candidates

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Dalia Diab
    Xavier University
  • Matthew Grabowski
    Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Abstract

This study examined the effect of anonymous résumés on perceptions of job candidates. Although there was no evidence of overt discrimination, our findings indicated that participants may have displayed “subtle discrimination” by being more likely to perceive an anonymous applicant as a White male than any other race or gender.

Bias

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