Dr. Namita Bhatnagar
Examining the impact of applicant smoking and vaping habits in job interviews
Asper Professor’s study finds many hiring managers still discriminate based on surface-level characteristics
Dr. Namita Bhatnagar, Professor of Marketing at the Asper School of Business and co-author Dr. Nicolas Roulin, Saint Mary’s University, conducted two studies in Canada and the U.S. to examine interviewer reactions to cigarette and electronic-cigarette smokers. Their work titled Examining the impact of applicant smoking and vaping habits in job interviews was recently published in Human Relations, a Financial Times top 50 business journal publication.