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In this study 33 male and 22 female undergraduate students were trained and then asked to evaluate an in-basket response (with either a male or female respondent) on four dimensions: sensitivity, organizing and planning, decision-making, and written communications. Results indicated that the evaluatee's sex did not influence evaluations of the in-basket response. Female in comparison to male evaluators were significantly harsher in evaluating written communications. The absence of sex discrimination which sharply differed from the findings of several previous research studies is discussed in terms of the substantial amount of managerial related data provided by the in-basket technique.
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This report is based on a master's thesis written by the second author under the sponsorship of the first author and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree at Florida Technological University.
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Frank, F.D., Drucker, J. The influence of evaluatee's sex on evaluations of a response on a managerial selection instrument. Sex Roles 3, 59–64 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289690
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289690