Posted on 02/01/2024 1:52:13 PM PST by algore
Most employers hire individuals based on their qualifications - but a new study has claimed the process may be unfair.
Researchers at the American Psychological Association are now claiming that socioeconomic disparities should be the focus when seeking potential employees.
The team conducted five experiments where participants were given background information about the two types of candidates, revealing those who learned about merit-based hiring perceived it as less fair.
Researchers concluded that merit-based hiring fuels racial inequality as 'members of marginalized racial groups tend to experience socioeconomic disadvantages more often than members of privileged racial groups.'
The study included examples about two employees who were being considered for a job promotion - both employees attended college, but one was high-performing while the other struggled to show he wasn't able to handle more responsibilities.
The study said the first employees high performance rate was likely because of his wide-ranging extra-curricular activities in college while the second employees poor performance was 'probably a consequence of having less work-related experience' because he didn't do any internships or extra-curricular activities before joining the company.
In this example, participants were asked to gauge if it was fair that the harder working candidate got the job and if the employees had equal opportunity competing for the promotion.
The study found that candidates who received additional information about the lower performing candidates' background perceived a significantly less equality of opportunity than the group that received no background information.
The study comes as some Republican leaders are pushing back against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI) at public universities and in state government.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The left long marched their way through the APA decades ago—all that is left is a smoldering ruin.
Actually, it makes lots of sense to hire based on merit. It’s too bad some folks are just so selfish and entitled they think they deserve a job just because something bad happened to their ancestors.
The American Psychological Association continues to demonstrate further evidence that its members need to have themselves committed to an insane asylum.
How to turn America into Zimbabwe or South Africa!
Yes the APA is meaningless today. They left psychology behind a couple decades ago. That’s when I quit my membership.
Companies are supposed to hire and promote based on what will maximize profits. That means merit, not “fairness”.
Identifies itself as yet another communist organization than needs to be eliminated.
“American Psychological Association claims merit-based hiring is UNFAIR in new study “
Do you guys STILL not believe me when I say that Leftists will NEVER STOP, and allowing Democrats to win against less than perfect Republicans only SPEEDS THEM UP?
It is something they can apply to their surgeons, and doctors and their auto mechanic, they can even apply it to their favorite restaurant and hairstylist.
The APA should be required to fly only on airplanes piloted by the lowest performing pilots, they should seek medical aid from the poorest performing physicians as well.
Anything less shows them to be the contemptible charlatans that they are.
the exact thing pre-employment tests were designed to weed out...
Psychologists are psychopaths.
APA = BAD collective
Ignore these useless idiots.
Unfrikkinbelievable smdh
Is this the Bee??
The AMA are a bunch of mentally ill homosexuals. The DSM V is a joke.
In other words, when these fools need an operation, they seek out the surgeon who has no merit, or fly in a plane with the pilot who has no merit, or hires a lawyer who has no merit.
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