Entrepreneurs with non-native accents are less likely to receive new-venture funding, and job candidates with non-native accents are less likely to be recommended for management positions. These are the findings of a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology this month. Despite a multitude of legislation and lawsuits, it appears that unconscious discrimination in organizations is still alive and kicking. We may have simply discovered a new way of justifying it: by assuming that non-na...
Entrepreneurs with non-native accents are less likely to receive new-venture funding, and job candidates with non-native accents are less likely to be recommended for management positions. These are the findings of a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology this month. Despite a multitude of legislation and lawsuits, it appears that unconscious discrimination in organizations is still alive and kicking. We may have simply discovered a new way of justifying it: by assuming that non-na...
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