How to respond to inappropriate questions in job interviews: Personal and social consequences of truth-telling, deflection and confrontation

IF 2.8 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL European Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI:10.1002/ejsp.3062
Rotem Kahalon, Johannes Ullrich, Julia C. Becker
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Parents, especially mothers, and young women without children, face a subtle threat in job interviews: being asked inappropriate questions about parental status. In three vignette experiments (= 760), we compared personal (perceived likability and likelihood of being hired) and social consequences (perceived chances that the interviewer will ask the inappropriate question again) of different response strategies. Results suggest that deflection (i.e., responding with another question) is a superior strategy at the personal level, as it increases the perceived chances to be hired in comparison to truth-telling (Study 1) and confrontation (Studies 1–3) without hurting likability (Study 1). Confrontation (i.e., saying that the question is inappropriate) is a superior strategy at the social level, decreasing the perceived probability that the interviewer will keep asking inappropriate questions in comparison to deflection (Studies 2 and 3) and truth-telling (Study 3). No gender differences were apparent. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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如何应对求职面试中的不当问题:实话实说、转移话题和针锋相对的个人和社会后果
父母(尤其是母亲)和没有孩子的年轻女性在求职面试中面临着一种微妙的威胁:被问及有关父母身份的不恰当问题。在三个小实验中(N = 760),我们比较了不同应对策略的个人后果(感知到的好感度和被录用的可能性)和社会后果(感知到的面试官再次提出不当问题的可能性)。结果表明,在个人层面上,偏转(即用另一个问题来回答)是一种更优越的策略,因为与说实话(研究 1)和对质(研究 1-3)相比,它能增加被录用的机会,而不会损害好感度(研究 1)。在社会层面上,对抗(即说问题不恰当)是一种更优越的策略,与转移话题(研究 2 和 3)和实话实说(研究 3)相比,它能降低面试官继续提出不恰当问题的概率。性别差异并不明显。本研究讨论了其理论和实践意义。
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期刊介绍: Topics covered include, among others, intergroup relations, group processes, social cognition, attitudes, social influence and persuasion, self and identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, language and thought, affect and emotion, embodied and situated cognition and individual differences of social-psychological relevance. Together with original research articles, the European Journal of Social Psychology"s innovative and inclusive style is reflected in the variety of articles published: Research Article: Original articles that provide a significant contribution to the understanding of social phenomena, up to a maximum of 12,000 words in length.
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