Overt Racism or Cultural Misunderstandings: An Examination in Employment Interviews

Authors

Rustin D. Meyer, University of Northern Iowa

Document Type

Research Paper

Abstract

This study investigated how varying levels of eye contact influence the perceptions of Asian and Caucasian female job candidates. Participants watched one of four videotaped mock interviews, in which the interviewee was from one of two ethnic backgrounds (i.e., Asian or Caucasian) and engaged in either high or low levels of eye contact. Participants used an adaptation of the "Big 5" personality inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992) to rate the candidates and used a dichotomous scale to indicate whether or not they would hire them.

Publication Date

2002

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

6

Issue

1

First Page

137

Last Page

141

Copyright

©2002 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Recommended Citation

Meyer, Rustin D. (2002) "Overt Racism or Cultural Misunderstandings: An Examination in Employment Interviews," Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 21.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol6/iss1/21