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stereotyping of workers  

Definition

  • Stereotypes are beliefs about the characteristics of a group of people, which lead to expectations about what individual members of that group will be like and how they will behave. Stereotypes are usually formed on the basis of membership in visible social categories such as race, gender, age, and disability status. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Stereotyping of Workers]

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