Context in selection of men and women in hiring decisions: gender composition of the applicant pool.
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.
van Ommeren
Jos
J
Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jommeren@feweb.vu.nl
de Vries
Reinout E
RE
Russo
Giovanni
G
van Ommeren
Mark
M
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