title: Context in selection of men and women in hiring decisions: gender composition of the applicant pool.
abstract: The hypothesis that the sex composition of an applicant pool affects the hiring probabilities of individual job applicants was tested using gender-distinctive information on accepted and rejected job applicants in The Netherlands. The evidence supports this hypothesis, although the effect sizes are moderate. Both men and women have a lower probability of being hired when the applicant pool contains fewer applicants from their own sex.
authors.affiliation: Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jommeren@feweb.vu.nl
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Ommeren
authors.forename: Reinout E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Ommeren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009426:Netherlands; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors