Why Do Preferential Selection Policies Have Negative Effects

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why do preferential selection policies have negative effects?

• A) People perceive focus on group membership in the decision process as unjust.
• B) The beneficiaries of the policies do not attribute their success on the job to their own skill and performance.
• C) Preferential selection leads beneficiaries of it to feel stigmatized at work.
• D) Preferential selection increases diversity in the workforce.

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