Sex Role Stereotypes
Please consider this case and discuss your first impressions in 150 words.
What are the evidence? How would you test your hypothesis of your impression of the case?
Case: Forty-eight male bank supervisors were each given the same personal file and asked to judge whether the person should be promoted to a branch manager job that was described as “routine”, or the file held and other applicants interviewed.
The files were identical except that half of them showed that the file was that of a female and half showed that the file was that of a male.Of the 24 “male files”, 21 were recommended for promotion. Of the 24 “female files”, 14 were recommended for promotion. [Rosen and Jerdee, 1974].
References: B. Rosen, and Jerdee T., “influence of Sex Role Stereotypes on Personnel Decisions,” Journal of Applied Psychology, 59, 1974, pages 9-14.
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Employee recruitment and hiring decisions are mostly based on considerations for the candidates’ potential for having the requisite technical knowledge capacity and to perform and complete difficult work tasks. Managerial positions and job responsibilities that require highly technical knowledge are traditionally viewed to be more suited for males than women. Females are perceived as being more capable of performing in job roles that involve organizational housekeeping while being deficient in roles that require toughness, stability of judgment and dedication…………………………………..
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