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   On 2009-05-14, James A  Donald  wrote:   
   > Ilmari Karonen:   
   >>   
   >> "The participants were sent the questionnaire, a   
   >> self-addressed envelope, a brief cover letter, and one   
   >> of four different CVs.  The cover letter informed   
   >> participants that the purpose of the study was to   
   >> examine the factors that influence the review of CVs   
   >> during hiring and tenuring decisions.   
   >   
   > If the cover letter said that in so many words, I would   
   > expect the reaction of the recipients would be   
   > 	AAAGHH! THEY ARE SURVEYING FOR RACISM, SEXISM,   
   > 	HOMOPHOBIA, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ORIENTALISM - GET   
   > 	THIS AWAY FROM ME! AAAAAAAARRRRRGGHGHH.  I AM   
   > 	INNOCENT, INNOCENT, INNOCENT I TELL YOU!!  AS   
   > 	GOD IS MY WITNESS I HAVE NEVER HAD A RACIST   
   > 	THOUGHT!   
   > And then they back slowly away from their desk, create a   
   > bonfire of burning resumes in garbage bin, get an eleven   
   > foot pole, pick up the survey with the pole, and put the   
   > survey in the bonfire.   
      
   No, James, that's just you. :)   
      
      
   >> * Zikmund, Hitt & Pickens (1978): "Influence of sex and scholastic   
   >>   performance on reactions to job applicant resumés", _Journal of   
   >>   Applied Psychology_ 63(2), pp. 252-254,   
   >>   doi:10.1037/0021-9010.63.2.252   
   >   
   > Had you also googled up the content, this would have   
   > been more useful.   
      
   I gave you the DOI, didn't I?  You can resolve it to an URL at   
   http://dx.doi.org/.   
      
   I can mail you a copy of the full text if you want, in case you can't   
   access it directly.   
      
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   Ilmari Karonen   
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