晋升(国际象棋)
交叉性
白色(突变)
黑人妇女
心理学
人事变更率
百分点
社会心理学
黑人女性
种族(生物学)
人口经济学
人口学
性别研究
政治学
社会学
经济
数学
统计
管理
生物化学
化学
政治
法学
基因
作者
Elizabeth Linos,Sanaz Mobasseri,Nina Roussille
出处
期刊:Management Science
[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]
日期:2024-12-27
标识
DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2022.02010
摘要
This paper investigates how having more White coworkers influences the subsequent retention and promotion of Black women relative to other race-gender groups. Studying 9,037 new hires at a professional services firm, we first document large racial turnover and promotion gaps: Even after controlling for observable characteristics, Black employees are 6.7 percentage points (32%) more likely to turn over within two years and 18.7 percentage points (26%) less likely to be promoted on time than their White counterparts. The largest turnover gap is between Black and White women, at 8.9 percentage points (51%). We argue that initial assignment to project teams is conditionally random based on placebo tests and qualitative evidence. Under this assumption, we show that a one-standard-deviation (20.8 percentage points) increase in the share of White coworkers is associated with a 15.8-percentage-point increase in turnover and an 11.5-percentage-point decrease in promotion for Black women. We refer to these effects as intersectional: Black women are the only race-gender group whose turnover and promotion are negatively impacted by White coworkers. We explore potential causal pathways through which these peer effects may emerge: Black women who were initially assigned to Whiter teams are subsequently more likely to be labeled as low performers and report fewer billable hours, both of which are predictors of higher turnover and lower promotion for all employees. Our findings contribute to the literature on peer effects, intersectionality, and the practice of managing race and gender inequality in organizations. This paper was accepted by Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, organizations. Funding: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at University of California, Berkeley-Haas, Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, and the Hub for Equal Representation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Supplemental Material: The online appendix and data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.02010 .
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