To examine which factors act together in causing unbalanced percentage of women and men in different job sectors, I focused on the effects of the manipulation of the language in which stereotypical or counterstereotypical applicants’ traits and weaknesses are presented on the evaluation of female and male target applicants. To this end, I conducted three pilot studies and three studies. These effects were tested while considering also the effect of participants’ cognitive process and internal characteristics (e.g., gender bias, attitudes toward women, self-reported communion, and agency), which were integrated into a new path model that was performed along with the three studies. Results showed that manipulating language in which information on traits and weaknesses was presented helped only female applicants to increase their evaluation: Counterstereotypical women concretely described, as well as stereotypical women abstractly described gain more positive evaluation than men. The final path model revealed the perceived honesty of applicants plays the mediating role in the relation of some participants’ internal characteristics with the evaluation of applicants. Theoretical and practical implication have been discussed.
Per esaminare quali fattori interagiscono nel causare una diversa percentuale di donne e uomini in alcuni settori lavorativi, mi sono concentrata sugli effetti della manipolazione del linguaggio di tratti e debolezze che descrivono candidati stereotipici o controstereotipici sulla valutazione finale dei candidati. A tal fine, ho condotto tre studi pilota e tre studi principali. Questi effetti sono stati testati considerando anche l'effetto del processo cognitivo dei partecipanti e delle caratteristiche interne (es. bias di genere, attitudini verso le donne, comunion e agency dei partecipanti), che sono stati integrati in un nuovo path model che è stato testato nei tre studi. I risultati hanno mostrato che la manipolazione del linguaggio in cui sono state presentate le informazioni sui tratti e sulle debolezze ha aiutato solo i candidati donna a migliorare la propria valutazione: le donne controstereotipiche descritte concretamente, così come le donne stereotipiche descritte in modo astratto hanno ottenuto un giudizio più favorevole rispetto agli uomini. Il path model ha rivelato che l'onestà percepita dei candidati svolge un ruolo mediatore nella relazione delle caratteristiche interne dei partecipanti e la valutazione dei candidati.
BUSCICCHIO, GIULIA, GENDER BIAS IN THE EVALUATION OF APPLICATION LETTERS: THE INTERPLAY OF GENDER STEREOTYPICALITY, ARGUMENT STRUCTURE, AND LINGUISTIC FEATURE, MILESI, PATRIZIA, BOHNER, GERD, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano:Ciclo XXXIII [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/284937]
GENDER BIAS IN THE EVALUATION OF APPLICATION LETTERS: THE INTERPLAY OF GENDER STEREOTYPICALITY, ARGUMENT STRUCTURE, AND LINGUISTIC FEATURE
Buscicchio, Giulia
2021
Abstract
To examine which factors act together in causing unbalanced percentage of women and men in different job sectors, I focused on the effects of the manipulation of the language in which stereotypical or counterstereotypical applicants’ traits and weaknesses are presented on the evaluation of female and male target applicants. To this end, I conducted three pilot studies and three studies. These effects were tested while considering also the effect of participants’ cognitive process and internal characteristics (e.g., gender bias, attitudes toward women, self-reported communion, and agency), which were integrated into a new path model that was performed along with the three studies. Results showed that manipulating language in which information on traits and weaknesses was presented helped only female applicants to increase their evaluation: Counterstereotypical women concretely described, as well as stereotypical women abstractly described gain more positive evaluation than men. The final path model revealed the perceived honesty of applicants plays the mediating role in the relation of some participants’ internal characteristics with the evaluation of applicants. Theoretical and practical implication have been discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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