Obesity Discrimination in the Workplace: “You’re Hired!”

• DOI: 10.5334/jeps.cu
• Publication Date: 2015-07-16T10:31:09Z
• Authors: Stuart W. Flint; Sonia C. Codreanu; Amalia Gomoiu; Martin Čadek; Vanja Ivić; Colene Zomer; Peter Walton
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; obesity; 330; Psychology; Health Psychology; 05 social sciences; explicit; Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry; 300; name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; BF1-990; workplace; 0502 economics and business; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being; obesity; discrimination; workplace; implicit; explicit; Psychology; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being; name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; implicit; 10. No inequality; discrimination; RC321-571

The purpose of this study is to first identify whether obese people are discriminated against when hiring employees. Employees workforces that vary due the physical demand their job, will rate hypothetical applicants on suitability for employment using Likert-type responses a range questions. Applicants’ curriculum vitae be manipulated by weight status and gender. Implicit explicit attitudes towards also examined existing measures with strong psychometric properties as reported in extant research. Second, focus group discussions employees either sedentary or physically active workforces, explore why what ways workplace.