What I say, or how I say it? Ethnic accents and hiring evaluations in the Greater Toronto Area

IF 1.9 1区 文学 N/A LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Language Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI:10.1353/lan.0.a928181
Samantha Jackson, Derek Denis
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This study investigated accent bias against job applicants with extralocal (non-Canadian) English accents in the Greater Toronto Area. Verbal guises recorded by British, Chinese, German, Indian, Jamaican, and Nigerian women and by Canadian women with at least one parent from these countries were evaluated by forty-eight human resources students, who rated the content of job interview responses and the candidates’ ‘expression’ and ‘employability’, determined what job they should be interviewed for, and provided commentary. Canadian voices were especially privileged in comments on speech. Quantitative analysis of responses reflected bias against extralocal voices. Consequently, we provide recommendations for relevant stakeholders.
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我说什么,还是怎么说?大多伦多地区的民族口音与招聘评估
本研究调查了大多伦多地区对英语口音为外地口音(非加拿大口音)的求职者的口音偏见。48 名人力资源专业的学生对英国、中国、德国、印度、牙买加和尼日利亚女性以及父母至少有一方来自这些国家的加拿大女性所记录的言语进行了评估,他们对求职者面试回答的内容以及求职者的 "表达能力 "和 "就业能力 "进行了评分,确定了应面试的职位,并提供了评论意见。加拿大人的声音在有关言论的评论中尤其受到青睐。对回答的定量分析反映了对本地以外声音的偏见。因此,我们为相关利益方提供了建议。
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期刊介绍: Language, the official journal for the Linguistic Society of America, is published quarterly and contains articles, short reports, book reviews and book notices on all aspects of linguistics, focussing on the area of theoretical linguistics. Edited by Greg Carlson, Language serves a readership of over 5,000 and has been the primary literary vehicle for the Society since 1924.
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