Corporate Social Responsibility And Discrimination: Gender Bias In Personnel Selection (csr, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
by Christina Keinert-Kisin /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book presents and deconstructs the existing explanations for
the differential career development of qualified men and women. It
reframes the problem of discrimination in the workplace as a matter
of organizational ethics, social responsibility and compliance with
existing equal opportunity laws. Sensitive points are identified
where social biases, decision-makers' individual economic interests
and shortcomings of organizational incentive policies may lead to
discrimination against qualified women. The ideas put forward are
empirically tested in an original laboratory experiment that
examines personnel selection in the male-dominated field of science
and technology. It contrasts the selection of applicants with
gendered and gender-blind applications available to subjects under
controlled conditions. 30% of participants were high-level
decision-makers, which is unprecedented in this field of research.
The results, highly relevant for organizational practice, are
explained and discussed in detail.
This book presents and deconstructs the existing explanations for
the differential career development of qualified men and women. It
reframes the problem of discrimination in the workplace as a matter
of organizational ethics, social responsibility and compliance with
existing equal opportunity laws. Sensitive points are identified
where social biases, decision-makers' individual economic interests
and shortcomings of organizational incentive policies may lead to
discrimination against qualified women. The ideas put forward are
empirically tested in an original laboratory experiment that
examines personnel selection in the male-dominated field of science
and technology. It contrasts the selection of applicants with
gendered and gender-blind applications available to subjects under
controlled conditions. 30% of participants were high-level
decision-makers, which is unprecedented in this field of research.
The results, highly relevant for organizational practice, are
explained and discussed in detail.