“I think it, therefore it's true”: Effects of self-perceived objectivity on hiring discrimination

Eric Luis Uhlmann and Cohen Geoffrey
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Eric Luis Uhlmann: Kellogg [Northwestern] - Kellogg School of Management [Northwestern University, Evanston] - Northwestern University [Evanston]
Cohen Geoffrey: Department of Psychology - University of Colorado [Boulder]

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Abstract: A sense of personal objectivity may prompt an "I think it, therefore it's true" mindset, in which people assume that their own beliefs and introspections are, by definition, valid and therefore worthy of being acted on. In the present studies, priming a sense of personal objectivity increased gender discrimination, particularly among decision-makers who endorsed stereotypic beliefs or who had stereotypic thoughts made cognitively accessible through implicit priming. Implications for discrimination in organizational contexts, and for theories of attitude–behavior consistency, are discussed.

Keywords: Hiring evaluations; Workplace; Discrimination; Objectivity; Naïve realism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-11
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Published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007, Vol.104, n°2, pp.207-223. ⟨10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.07.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2007.07.001

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