Tilcsik (2011) sent pairs of resumes in response to 1,800 job postings. The resumes were nearly identical, except that one mentioned that the job candidate volunteered for a gay campus organization. The results of this study showed that
a. the two resumes were equally likely to receive interview invitations.
b. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 15 percent less likely to
receive an interviewinvitation.
c. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 40 percent less likely to receive an interviewinvitation.
d. the resume with the gay campus organization experience was 15 percent more likely to receive an interviewinvitation.
c
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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