Abstract Murphy and DeNisi (2021) offer that there is scant evidence that age-based stereotypes affect personnel judgments and decisions. However, this conclusion is drawn from evidence that assumes that biased judgments follow from stereotypes, rather than from evidence suggesting that stereotypes precede biased judgments. In this reply to Murphy and DeNisi (2021), we point out the flaws in this argument and offer the counterpoint that we know very little about the influence that age-based stereotypes have for such judgments and decisions. Moreover, given this lack of evidence, we argue that any conclusions regarding the influence of age-based stereotypes in this regard are, at best, premature.

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关于年龄刻板印象影响的准确结论需要对其进行精确操作

摘要 Murphy 和 DeNisi (2021) 提出，几乎没有证据表明基于年龄的刻板印象会影响人员的判断和决定。然而，这一结论是从假设偏见判断源于刻板印象的证据得出的，而不是来自表明刻板印象先于偏见判断的证据。在对 Murphy 和 DeNisi (2021) 的回复中，我们指出了这一论点的缺陷，并提出了我们对基于年龄的刻板印象对此类判断和决定的影响知之甚少的反驳。此外，鉴于缺乏证据，我们认为任何关于基于年龄的刻板印象在这方面的影响的结论充其量都为时过早。