Beyond representation: the importance of the decision-making process in hiring decisions
通过实验室实验发现，招聘委员会采用一致同意决策能消除性别差异，而志愿者领导决策则加剧差异，且结果不受群体中女性数量或领导者性别影响。
Abstract An abundance of statistics has shown gender disparity in hiring decisions. This paper shows that a previously unexplored factor, the decision-making process utilized by a hiring committee, plays a crucial role. Using a laboratory experiment, we find that gender disparity is eliminated when hiring decisions are made unanimously by a group. By comparison, we find that gender disparity is largest when decisions are made by a leader who volunteers. We do not find evidence of heterogeneity by gender as the results persist regardless of the number of women in the group or the leader’s gender. The experimental design allows us to rule out several possible mechanisms including differences in leadership characteristics and communication styles.