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Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment

Whorton, Ryan P
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-6902
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428256211

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
People are getting tattooed more often than ever before, and this is particularly true of younger generations. However, little is known about how applicant tattoos influence the employee selection process. This study presented tattoos as stigmatizing marks, and used a policy-capturing methodology to examine the way in which specific dimensions of tattoo stigma – visibility, intentionality, perilousness, and context – are combined when making decisions about the suitability of tattooed applicants for blue and white collar jobs. Relative weights analysis revealed that tattooed applicant suitability was most negatively influenced when applicants had visible tattoos and were applying for white collar work. Additionally, there were differences in how the perilousness and job type cues were used in the decision task that were associated with stereotypical beliefs about tattooed people and right-wing authoritarianism.
Scott Highhouse, PhD (Advisor)
Michael Zickar, PhD (Committee Member)
Mary Hare, PhD (Committee Member)
Faulkner Sandra, PhD (Committee Member)
93 p.
Psychology
employee selection; stigma; policy capturing; tattoos; decision-making; judgment analysis, prejudice

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  • Whorton, R. P. (2015). Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428256211

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Whorton, Ryan. Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428256211.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Whorton, Ryan. "Marked: A Policy Capturing Investigation of Job Applicant Tattoos as Stigmatizing Marks in Blue and White Collar Employment." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428256211

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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