• DOI:10.1080/01973533.2012.711687
• Corpus ID: 7999380

Marital Status Bias in Perceptions of Employees

@article{Jordan2012MaritalSB,
  title={Marital Status Bias in Perceptions of Employees},
  author={Alexander H. Jordan and Emily M. Zitek},
  journal={Basic and Applied Social Psychology},
  year={2012},
  volume={34},
  pages={474 - 481}
}

• A. Jordan, Emily M. Zitek
• Published 1 September 2012
• Psychology
• Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Three studies documented effects of marital status on perceptions of employees or prospective employees. In Experiment 1, participants rated a married female job applicant as less suitable for employment than a single counterpart. In Experiment 2, participants again perceived a female job applicant less favorably when she was married; in contrast, a male applicant was perceived more favorably when married. In Experiment 3, participants predicted that a recently married woman's job performance and dedication would decline, whereas a recently married man's dedication was predicted to rise; this difference made participants more willing to lay off the woman than the man.