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Glass Floors and Glass Ceilings: Sex Homophily and Heterophily in Job Interviews
Social Forces ( IF 5.866 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 , DOI: 10.1093/sf/soaa072
Lauren A Rivera , Jayanti Owens

A widely assumed but little-tested theory of employment interviewing suggests that female job applicants will be evaluated more favorably when they are paired with female versus male interviewers. To capitalize on this hypothesized affinity, a number of organizations have begun explicitly pairing female job applicants with female interviewers, in hopes of increasing the representation of women among new hires. However, whether this practice actually results in more favorable outcomes for female job candidates remains an open empirical question. Using data on job interview evaluations from a large, professional service organization, we test the effect of matching female job candidates with female interviewers on interview scores. Highlighting the contextually dependent nature of sex homophily, we find that the effect of being matched with a female interviewer varies by the female candidate’s perceived skill level. Sex matches in job interviews work in favor of those female candidates perceived to be lowest in skill; have a small, statistically nonsignificant negative effect for female candidates of average perceived skill; and have a significant, negative effect for women at the highest level of perceived skill. We argue that matching female candidates with female evaluators in job interviews can operate both as a glass floor that can prevent female applicants from falling below a certain scoring threshold but also a glass ceiling that can prevent the most skilled female applicants from receiving the most favorable interview ratings.

中文翻译:

玻璃地板和玻璃天花板:工作面试中的性同性恋和异性恋

广泛接受但未经检验的就业面试理论表明,与女性面试官和男性面试官配对时,女性求职者将得到更有利的评估。为了利用这种假设的亲和力,许多组织已经开始明确地将女性求职者与女性面试官配对,以期增加女性在新员工中的代表性。但是,这种做法是否确实为女性求职者带来了更有利的结果,仍然是一个开放的经验性问题。使用来自大型专业服务组织的求职面试评估数据,我们测试了将女性求职者与女性面试官相匹配对面试成绩的影响。强调同性性的上下文相关性质,我们发现,与女性面试官相匹配的效果因女性候选人的感知技能水平而异。工作面试中的性别匹配有利于那些被认为技能最低的女性候选人;对平均感知技能的女性候选人产生很小的,统计学上不显着的负面影响;并以最高的感知技能水平对女性产生重大的负面影响。我们认为,在工作面试中将女性候选人与女性评估者相匹配,既可以起到防止女性申请者低于某个得分门槛的作用,也可以起到阻止最高技能的女性申请者获得最有利面试的作用的玻璃天花板的作用。收视率。工作面试中的性别匹配有利于那些被认为技能最低的女性候选人;对平均感知技能的女性候选人产生很小的,统计学上不显着的负面影响;并以最高的感知技能水平对女性产生重大的负面影响。我们认为,在工作面试中将女性候选人与女性评估者相匹配,既可以起到防止女性申请者低于某个得分门槛的作用,也可以起到阻止最高技能的女性申请者获得最有利面试的作用的玻璃天花板的作用。收视率。工作面试中的性别匹配有利于那些被认为技能最低的女性候选人;对平均感知技能的女性候选人产生很小的,统计学上不显着的负面影响;并以最高的感知技能水平对女性产生重大的负面影响。我们认为,在工作面试中将女性候选人与女性评估者相匹配,既可以起到防止女性申请者低于某个得分门槛的作用,也可以起到阻止最高技能的女性申请者获得最有利面试的作用的玻璃天花板的作用。收视率。对女性的最高认识水平的负面影响。我们认为,在工作面试中将女性候选人与女性评估者相匹配,既可以起到防止女性申请者低于某个得分门槛的作用,也可以起到阻止最高技能的女性申请者获得最有利面试的作用的玻璃天花板的作用。收视率。对女性的最高认识水平的负面影响。我们认为,在工作面试中将女性候选人与女性评估者相匹配,既可以起到防止女性申请者低于某个得分门槛的作用,也可以起到阻止最高技能的女性申请者获得最有利面试的作用的玻璃天花板的作用。收视率。
更新日期:2020-08-10
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