Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations
When employers make hiring decisions, they often pass over highly qualified candidates belonging to minority groups. This research identified a choice-architecture intervention to nudge people to select more diverse candidates. Partitioning job candidates by gender (Study 1), nationality (Study 2),...
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| author | Feng, Zhiyu Liu, Yukun Wang, Zhen Savani, Krishna |
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| description | When employers make hiring decisions, they often pass over highly qualified candidates belonging to minority groups. This research identified a choice-architecture intervention to nudge people to select more diverse candidates. Partitioning job candidates by gender (Study 1), nationality (Study 2), or university (Study 3) led people to choose more diverse candidates on the partitioned dimension, without lowering the average competence of the selected candidates (Studies 5A and 5B). Even experienced human resource professionals exhibited this effect (Study 3). Merely informing people that the candidates belong to different categories did not increase diversity (Study 4). The effect of partitioning was stronger among people who had weaker stereotypes about the relevant category (Study 6). When choosing a single candidate, people were more likely to choose candidates who were not partitioned together than candidates who were partitioned together (Study 7). Overall, we identify a nudge that can increase diversity in hiring. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1596912023-05-19T07:31:16Z Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations Feng, Zhiyu Liu, Yukun Wang, Zhen Savani, Krishna Nanyang Business School Business::General Diversity Decision Making When employers make hiring decisions, they often pass over highly qualified candidates belonging to minority groups. This research identified a choice-architecture intervention to nudge people to select more diverse candidates. Partitioning job candidates by gender (Study 1), nationality (Study 2), or university (Study 3) led people to choose more diverse candidates on the partitioned dimension, without lowering the average competence of the selected candidates (Studies 5A and 5B). Even experienced human resource professionals exhibited this effect (Study 3). Merely informing people that the candidates belong to different categories did not increase diversity (Study 4). The effect of partitioning was stronger among people who had weaker stereotypes about the relevant category (Study 6). When choosing a single candidate, people were more likely to choose candidates who were not partitioned together than candidates who were partitioned together (Study 7). Overall, we identify a nudge that can increase diversity in hiring. Nanyang Technological University This research was supported by a Nanyang Assistant Professorship grant awarded by Nanyang Technological University to Krishna Savani. 2022-07-04T06:10:54Z 2022-07-04T06:10:54Z 2020 Journal Article Feng, Z., Liu, Y., Wang, Z. & Savani, K. (2020). Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 158, 11-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.01.011 0749-5978 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159691 10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.01.011 2-s2.0-85080061395 158 11 26 en Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Business::General Diversity Decision Making Feng, Zhiyu Liu, Yukun Wang, Zhen Savani, Krishna Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title | Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title_full | Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title_fullStr | Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title_short | Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| title_sort | let s choose one of each using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations |
| topic | Business::General Diversity Decision Making |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159691 |
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