ERIC Number: EJ767259
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 9
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Perception Bias among Undergraduate Business Students by Major
Schlee, Regina Pefanis; Curren, Mary T.; Harich, Katrin R.; Kiesler, Tina
Journal of Education for Business, v82 n3 p169-177 Jan-Feb 2007
In this article, the authors examined business students' perceptions of themselves and their peers of the same and different majors on several traditional dimensions of academic performance and personal characteristics. The authors found that business students exhibited substantial perceptual biases in their perceptions of students in a major other than their own. Although there is a surprisingly high level of agreement in the students' perceptions of the various business majors--consistent with stereotypic portrayals of the different majors--there is also substantial evidence of positive self and in-group biases. A Business Student Survey is appended. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Business Administration Education, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Surveys, Bias, Stereotypes, Individual Characteristics, Negative Attitudes, Self Esteem
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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