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Stereotyping, Implicit Association Theory, and Personnel Decisions: I Guess We Will Just Have to Agree to Disagree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Frank J. Landy*
Affiliation:
City University of New York and Landy Litigation Support Group
*
E-mail: frank.landy@landlsg.com, Address: Baruch College, City University of New York and Landy Litigation Support Group.

Abstract

My focal article generated a good deal of both heat and light embodied in 13 commentaries. In this response, I address both the heat and the light by clarifying some of my original comments, responding to criticisms in the commentaries, and using the commentaries to suggest a research agenda for studying the possible influence of stereotypes on real-world personnel decisions.

Type
Response
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

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City University of New York

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