What Might Make It Especially Difficult for Women or Minorities

question 100

Multiple Choice

What might make it especially difficult for women or minorities to receive promotions when the company's managers, especially those in top positions are white men?

• A)Implicit bias can lead to unfair treatment of diverse employees simply because they are different from the managers who are making decisions that affect their future.
• B)The salience effect causes people to focus attention on individuals who are conspicuously different from themselves.
• C)Higher social status can cause people to be perceived more positively than those with a lower position in the social hierarchy.
• D)People tend to perceive individuals with disabilities as noncontributors to society.
• E)Implicit bias can cause people to see themselves more positively than others around them.

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