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Increasing workplace diversity : evidence from a recruiting experiment at a Fortune 500 company
Flory, Jeffrey A.; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Rott, Christina; … - 2018 - This version: April 11, 2018
The persistent lack of workplace diversity in management and leadership may lead to organizational vulnerabilities. White males occupy most high-profile positions in the largest U.S. corporations whereas African Americans, Hispanics, and women are clearly underrepresented in leadership roles....
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The Big Three and Board Gender Diversity : The Effectiveness of Shareholder Voice
Gormley, Todd A.; Gupta, Vishal K.; Matsa, David A.; … - 2021
In 2017, “The Big Three” institutional investors launched campaigns to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. We estimate that their campaigns led firms to add at least 2.5 times as many female directors in 2019 as they had in 2016, accounting for most of the increase in board gender...
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Does artificial intelligence help or hurt gender diversity? : evidence from two field experiments on recruitment in tech
Avery, Mallory; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Vecci, Joseph - 2024
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recruitment is rapidly increasing and drastically changing how people apply … to jobs and how applications are reviewed. In this paper, we use two field experiments to study how AI recruitment tools … demand. We find that the use of AI in recruitment changes the gender distribution of potential hires, in some cases more than …
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Does Artificial Intelligence Help or Hurt Gender Diversity? Evidence from Two Field Experiments on Recruitment in Tech
Avery, Mallory; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Vecci, Joseph - 2023
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recruitment is rapidly increasing and drastically changing how people apply … to jobs and how applications are reviewed. In this paper, we use two field experiments to study how AI in recruitment … find that the use of AI in recruitment changes the gender distribution of potential hires, in some cases more than doubling …
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919841
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343913
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - In: The American economic review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 358-361
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Betting on diversity : occupational segregation and gender stereotypes
Fischbacher, Urs; Kübler, Dorothea; Stüber, Robert - 2022
Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...
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Betting on diversity : occupational segregation and gender stereotypes
Fischbacher, Urs; Kübler, Dorothea; Stüber, Robert - 2022
Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476687