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Title: How Managers Consider Job-Applicant Criminal History http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2014/10/how-managers-consider-job-applicant-criminal-history.html Source: Workforce Prof

*Date:* Oct. 27, 2014

Abstract: How do managers actually consider a job applicant’s criminal history, given the law? A recent study finds that it has a lot to do with how much discretion those managers have under company policy: Sarah E. Lageson, Michael Vuolo, and Christopher Uggen, “Legal Ambiguity in Managerial Assessments of Criminal Records,” Law & Social Inquiry (2014)

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