Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
career opportunity, regional accents, employment ratings
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics and English Language
Abstract
Accents affect employment ratings more when the accent is perceived to be stronger (Carlson & McHenry, 2006). When the accent is strongly perceived by the employer, employment ratings drastically dropped for those speaking Spanish-influenced, Asian-influenced and African American English dialects (Carlson & McHenry, 2006). However, when the accent was only minimally perceived, employment ratings remained high (Carlson & McHenry, 2006). This proposes that accents only negatively impact employment when maximally perceived by the employer (Carlson & McHenry, 2006).
Recommended Citation
Hedges, Stephanie and Eddington, David
(2016)
"Access in the Accent: Career Opportunity Based on Differences in Regional Accents,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016:
Iss.
1, Article 139.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/139