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Talent Management

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Talent Management

Unconscious biases often prevent employers from hiring and retaining women and other underrepresented groups. Explore the interventions that both help women navigate these innate barriers in workplace and find out how institutions can "debias" their organizational processes.

The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.

Laura Gee (2018)

The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

When women are confronted with negative stereotypes about women and math ability, they underperform on math examinations, and activity in brain regions associated with depression and social rejection is seen.

Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton (2008)

Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.

Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)

Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.

Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)

Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality

Job advertisements that use masculine wording are less appealing to women.

Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, Aaron C. Kay (2011)

Constraints into Preferences: Gender, Status, and Emerging Career Aspirations

When cultural stereotypes portray women as less competent than men on a task, women judge their abilities more harshly, use a higher standard than men, and show less interest in related careers.

Shelley Correll (2004)

Does Diversity-Valuing Behavior Result in Diminished Performance Ratings for Nonwhite and Female Leaders?

Promoting diversity lowers performance evaluations for leaders who are women and/or people of color, but not for leaders who are white men.

David R. Hekman, Stefanie K. Johnson, Maw-Der Foo, Wei Yang (2016)

What’s in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching

Assistant instructors who were perceived as female received lower ratings from students than instructors perceived as male, regardless of their actual gender and teaching ability.

Lillian MacNell, Adam Driscoll, Andrea N. Hunt (2015)

Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Ethical Values for Money and Social Status? Gender Differences in Reactions to Ethical Compromises

Women have greater moral reservations about ethical compromises in business, contributing to the gender gap in business schools, companies, and leadership.

Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura Kray (2014)

A Gender Bias in the Attribution of Creativity: Archival and Experimental Evidence for the Perceived Association Between Masculinity and Creative Thinking

Common views of creativity favor stereotypically masculine traits, leading people to perceive women as less creative, and less deserving of recognition and reward.

Devon Proudfoot, Aaron C. Kay, Christy Z. Koval (2015)

Topic Overview

Talent Management

The Negative Consequences of Threat: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Women’s Underperformance in Math

Anne C. Krendl, Jennifer A. Richeson, William M. Kelle, Todd F. Heatherton (2008)

Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

An organizational intervention that promotes workers’ flexibility and supervisor support increases job-related well-being among IT workers, as well as general well-being among women.

Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton (2016)

Constraints into Preferences: Gender, Status, and Emerging Career Aspirations

When cultural stereotypes portray women as less competent than men on a task, women judge their abilities more harshly, use a higher standard than men, and show less interest in related careers.

Shelley Correll (2004)

What’s in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching

Assistant instructors who were perceived as female received lower ratings from students than instructors perceived as male, regardless of their actual gender and teaching ability.

Lillian MacNell, Adam Driscoll, Andrea N. Hunt (2015)

A Gender Bias in the Attribution of Creativity: Archival and Experimental Evidence for the Perceived Association Between Masculinity and Creative Thinking

Common views of creativity favor stereotypically masculine traits, leading people to perceive women as less creative, and less deserving of recognition and reward.

Devon Proudfoot, Aaron C. Kay, Christy Z. Koval (2015)

The More You Know: Information Effects in Job Application Rates by Gender in a Large Field Experiment

Showing the number of current applicants for a job posting increases the likelihood that job seekers—especially women—will apply.

Laura Gee (2018)

Does Encouragement Matter in Improving Gender Imbalances in Technical Fields? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Encouragement via email can increase female students’ interest in STEM conferences.

Cait Unkovic, Maya Sen, Kevin M. Quinn (2016)

Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality

Job advertisements that use masculine wording are less appealing to women.

Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, Aaron C. Kay (2011)

Does Diversity-Valuing Behavior Result in Diminished Performance Ratings for Nonwhite and Female Leaders?

Promoting diversity lowers performance evaluations for leaders who are women and/or people of color, but not for leaders who are white men.

David R. Hekman, Stefanie K. Johnson, Maw-Der Foo, Wei Yang (2016)

Who Is Willing to Sacrifice Ethical Values for Money and Social Status? Gender Differences in Reactions to Ethical Compromises

Women have greater moral reservations about ethical compromises in business, contributing to the gender gap in business schools, companies, and leadership.

Jessica A. Kennedy, Laura Kray (2014)

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