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Competence Bias

Competence Bias is a form of workplace bias constituting a systematic tendency to overestimate the abilities of individuals perceived as part of dominant demographic groups while underestimating the competencies of equally or more qualified individuals from underrepresented groups, particularly in evaluative contexts such as hiring, promotion, or performance assessment.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Competency Bias

Parents

Publications

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Constraints into Preferences: Gender, Status, and Emerging Career Aspirations

Shelley J. Correll · American Sociological Review · 2004 · 938 citations

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The Devaluation of Women's Competence

Bernice Lott · Journal of Social Issues · 1985 · 86 citations · Full text

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Competence Implies Credibility

Giuseppe Moscarini · American Economic Review · 2007 · 71 citations · Full text

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When Accomplishments Come Back to Haunt You: The Negative Effect of Competence Signals on Women's Performance Evaluations

M. Ena Inesi, Daniel M. Cable · Personnel Psychology · 2014 · 63 citations · Full text

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Bias against foreign‐born or foreign‐trained doctors: experimental evidence

Winnifred R. Louis, Richard N. Lalonde, Victoria M. Esses · Medical Education · 2010 · 38 citations

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Authors

25

  1. DM
    Dianna Murray‐Close

    University of Vermont, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  2. VM
    Victoria M. Esses

    Western University, Canada

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  3. EK
    Erin K. Shoulberg

    University of Vermont, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. EF
    Elias Flening

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. RN
    Richard N. Lalonde

    York University, Canada

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. Amherst College

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  2. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  3. London Business School

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    126 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  6. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  7. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

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Venues

  1. Medical Education

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 1 publications · 938 citations

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  3. Journal of Language and Social Psychology

    JLSP · 1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. Aggressive Behavior

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Motivation and Emotion

    1 publications · 35 citations

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