1. Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Managerial Assessment of a Schizophrenic Candidate.
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Fodor, Eugene M.
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EXECUTIVES' attitudes , *SCHIZOTYPAL personality disorder , *SOCIAL sciences , *JOB performance , *POLITICAL science , *PERSONALITY disorders , *BEHAVIORAL assessment , *INDUSTRIAL psychology , *AUTHORITARIAN personality - Abstract
An experiment examined the relationship between authoritarianism and managerial assessment of a person designated as a medically controlled schizophrenic. Participants rated a male applicant on both a candidate appraisal form and an affective attitudes scale. Half the participants saw background information and a videotaped interview describing the applicant as having left work for 6 months to receive psychiatric treatment for schizophrenia. He now was taking medication and doing well. Half the participants received background and interview information indicating that the candidate was out of work for 6 months due to a business slowdown. Participants high in authoritarianism who viewed the candidate as schizophrenic gave lower candidate appraisal ratings ( p<.01) and expressed more negative affective attitudes ( p<.01) than did other participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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