The impact of ratee's disability on performance judgments and choice as partner: the role of disability-job fit stereotypes and interdependence of rewards.
An experiment assessed the impact of disability-job fit stereotypes and reward interdependence on personnel judgments about persons with disabilities. Students (N = 87) evaluated 3 confederates. The experiment varied disability of the target confederate (dyslexia vs. nondisabled), task, and dependence of rater rewards on partner performance. Two disability-task combinations represented stereotypical poor fit and good fit. Dependent variables were performance evaluations, performance expectations, and ranking of target as a partner. There was negative bias against the confederate with dyslexia in poor-fit conditions. In the interdependent reward condition, there was a negative main effect for disability, regardless of fit. No effects for disability were found on performance ratings or expectations. Results indicate the need to consider disability-job fit stereotypes and consequences to raters when assessing the impact of disability on personnel judgments.
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Department of Management, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA. acolella@cgsb.tamu.edu
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D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004410:Dyslexia; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012201:Reward; D013240:Stereotyping