Letters of recommendation: A question of value

Letters of recommendation: A question of value

Examined 80 letters of recommendation on 40 candidates for admission to graduate school as naturally occurring instances of person perception. Results reveal a pattern of nondiscriminative, nonconsensual, and nondifferentiating descriptions. Internal analyses of a subsample of the letters suggested...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied psychology 1981-06, Vol.66 (3), p.296-301
Hauptverfasser: Baxter, James C, Brock, Barbara, Hill, Peter C, Rozelle, Richard M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Admissions
Candidates
Content Analysis
Higher education
Human
Letters
Perceptions
Schools
Social Perception
Student Admission Criteria
Studies
Value
Written Language
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Zusammenfassung:Examined 80 letters of recommendation on 40 candidates for admission to graduate school as naturally occurring instances of person perception. Results reveal a pattern of nondiscriminative, nonconsensual, and nondifferentiating descriptions. Internal analyses of a subsample of the letters suggested that this pattern probably did not arise as a consequence of differential acquaintance on the part of the writers. (14 ref)
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.66.3.296