The Evaluation of Immigrants' Credentials: The Roles of Accreditation, Immigrant Race, and Evaluator Biases

摘要: Theories of subtle prejudice imply that personnel decision makers might inadvertently discriminate against immigrant employees, in particular employees form racial minority groups. The argument is the ambiguities are associated with status (e.g., quality foreign credentials) release latent biases minorities. Hence, upon removal these recognition credentials as equivalent to local credentials), discrimination from groups should no longer occur. Experimental research largely confirmed arguments, showing participants evaluated black less favorably only when harbored and applicants had not been accredited. results suggest importance official for fair treatment employees.