The results, published in the Journal of Business and Psychology, showed that people who saw the LinkedIn post about mental health challenges viewed the candidate as being less emotionally stable and less conscientious.
The interview also did not further change their views about the candidate’s conscientiousness. In other words, the perceptions that the evaluators had built after seeing the LinkedIn profile largely persisted throughout the interview, the researchers said.
“People are often encouraged to discuss their mental health struggles on social media with the goal of reducing the stigma associated with mental health challenges,” said Lori Foster, co-author of a paper on the study and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University.
