Popovich P M, Everton W J, Campbell K L, Godinho R M, Kramer K M, Mangan M R
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 1997 Dec;85(3 Pt 1):859-66. doi: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.859.
Researchers have speculated that employers are less likely to hire obese persons for more publicly visible jobs, although this hypothesis remains untested. In the present study, 54 undergraduate students rated 40 jobs on several items, including the likelihood they would hire an obese person for each job. Multidimensional scaling showed a one-dimensional solution, labeled as physical activity, with participants less likely to hire obese persons for more active jobs. For hiring likelihood ratings for jobs at either end of the dimension appear to be most similar for men and individuals with more positive attitudes toward obese persons versus women and individuals with more negative attitudes toward obese persons. Implications for both theory and practice are discussed.
研究人员推测，雇主不太可能雇佣肥胖者从事更公开可见的工作，尽管这一假设尚未得到验证。在本研究中，54名本科生对40种工作的多个项目进行了评分，包括他们为每种工作雇佣肥胖者的可能性。多维标度分析显示了一个一维解决方案，标记为体力活动，参与者不太可能雇佣肥胖者从事更活跃的工作。对于该维度两端工作的雇佣可能性评分，男性和对肥胖者态度更积极的人与女性和对肥胖者态度更消极的人似乎最为相似。本文讨论了该研究对理论和实践的启示。
