September 1, 1993

Do Employment Recruiters Discriminate on the Basis of Nonstandard Dialect?

CACarolyn Peluso AtkinsWest Virginia University

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A sample of 65 recruiters rated the effect of specific social dialect characteristics on the job interview and rated their perceptions of social dialect speakers.

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Carolyn Peluso Atkins (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1555c45347fbb1739f9ddf https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1920.1993.tb00168.x

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