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What does job applicants' body art signal to employers?
Baert, Stijn; Herregods, Jolien; Sterkens, Philippe - 2023
In this study, we present a state-of-the-art scenario experiment which, for the first time in the literature, directly measures the stigma surrounding job candidates with tattoos and piercings using real recruiters. We find that job candidates with body art are perceived as less pleasant to work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311989
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Strategic behavior across gender : a comparison of female and male expert chess players
Gerdes, Christer; Gränsmark, Patrik - 2010
probability. -- Risk aversion ; competitiveness ; gender ; culture ; mixed-sex competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941764
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The emergence of male leadership in competitive environments
Reuben, Ernesto; Rey-Biel, Pedro; Sapienza, Paola; … - 2010
We present evidence from an experiment in which groups select a leader to compete against the leaders of other groups in a real-effort task that they have all performed in the past. We find that women are selected much less often as leaders than is suggested by their individual past performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156096
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Better sexy than flexy? : a lab experiment assessing the impact of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions
Baert, Stijn; Decuypere, Lynn - 2013
attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229535
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Hiring a homosexual, taking a risk? : a lab experiment on employment discrimination and risk aversion
Baert, Stijn - 2015
hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test … this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a … probability of a beneficial hiring decision for homosexual candidates decreases by 31.7% when employers are a standard deviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388337
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Homosexuality's signalling function in job candidate screening: why gay is (mostly) OK
Sterkens, Philippe; Dalle, Axana; Wuyts, Joey; Pauwels, Ines - 2022
To explain the mixed findings on hiring discrimination against homosexual applicants, we explore the perceptual drivers … negative attitudes towards homosexual individuals are responsible for most instances of hiring discrimination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198641
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As if it weren't hard enough already: breaking down hiring discrimination following burnout
Sterkens, Philippe; Baert, Stijn; Rooman, Claudia; … - 2020
Hiring discrimination towards (former) burnout patients has been extensively documented in the literature. To tackle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254273
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How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior
Balafoutas, Loukas; Sutter, Matthias - 2019
. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012015779
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Gender differences in competition emerge early in life
Sutter, Matthias; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010
. -- Competition ; gender gap ; experiment ; children ; teenagers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003978535
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Gender differences and dynamics in competition : the role of luck
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 2010
help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select … gap ; competition ; competition aversion ; tournament ; luck ; win ; loss ; narrow framing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983612