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Exploring job search outcomes for applicants with disabilities
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Exploring job search outcomes for applicants with disabilities
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a field experiment
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Ameri
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Mason
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1985-
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Mason Ameri
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Lisa
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Lisa Schur
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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McKay
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Patrick
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Patrick McKay
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co-chair
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Phillips
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Jean
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Jean Phillips
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co-chair
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2014
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2014-10
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2014
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eng
Abstract
People with disabilities experience disparities in employment outcomes and studies point to employer discrimination as one likely cause. In this field experiment, fictional resumes and cover letters were sent to employers to assess the influence of disability on hiring decisions. Disability status was identified in the cover letters along with a sentence that briefly explained the mock applicant’s involvement in a disability organization. In addition, the applicants’ race was indicated through the use of common “White-sounding” and “Black-sounding” names. These resumes and cover letters were submitted to 6,016 job openings for accountant positions. The fictional resumes from people with disabilities were less likely to receive expressions of interest from employers, particularly if the resumes were from people with White-sounding names who had good experience. This study increases our understanding of the depth and nature of disability discrimination, as well as the ways disability may interact with other characteristics, such as applicants’ race and experience.
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Industrial Relations and Human Resources
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People with disabilities--Employment--United States
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Discrimination in employment--United States
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Employment interviewing
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (viii, 208 p. : ill.)
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Mason Ameri
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3ZG6QPJ
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Ameri
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Mason
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2014-07-30 22:26:30
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Mason Ameri
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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