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From Metaphors to Mechanisms: Gender Sorting In(to) an Organizational Hierarchy
(Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-04)
Numerous studies have examined patterns of gender inequality in organizational advancement, with some
showing results indicative of “glass ceilings,” where gender disparities are strong at the upper reaches of the
organization, ...
Gender and Race Sorting at the Application Interface
(Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-06)
We document gender and race sorting of candidates into various jobs at the point of initial application to a company. At this step of the hiring process, the firm has implemented a policy whereby organizational screeners’ ...
Creating Connections For the Disadvantaged: Networks and Labor Market Intermediaries at the Hiring Interface
(Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-03)
Scholars interested in race inequality have been particularly attracted to network accounts of the
stratifying effects of social networks in the labor market. A recurring theme in policy‐oriented research on poverty
is ...