Sure you are ready? Gendered arguments in recruitment for high-status positions in male-dominated fields.

Autor:	Dutz R; TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Hubner-Benz S; Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy., Emmerling F; TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Peus C; TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2023 Jan 30; Vol. 13, pp. 958647. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 30 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2022.958647
Abstrakt:	Recruitment contexts such as STEM professorships promote clearly defined selection criteria and objective assessment. We illuminate in these contexts, the subjective interpretation of seemingly objective criteria and gendered arguments in discussions of applicants. Additionally, we explore gender bias despite comparable applicant profiles investigating how specific success factors lead to selection recommendations for male and female applicants. Implementing a mixed methods approach, we aim to highlight the influence of heuristics, stereotyping, and signaling in applicant assessments. We interviewed 45 STEM professors. They answered qualitative open-ended interview questions, and evaluated hypothetical applicant profiles, qualitatively and quantitatively. The applicant profiles enabled a conjoint experiment with different applicant attributes varied across the profiles (i.e., publications, willingness to cooperate, network recommendation, and applicant gender), the interviewees indicating scores of selection recommendation while thinking aloud. Our findings reveal gendered arguments, i.e., questioning women potentially fueled by a perception of women's exceptional status and perceived self-questioning of women. Furthermore, they point to gender-independent and gender-dependent success patterns, thereby to potential success factors particularly for female applicants. We contextualize and interpret our quantitative findings in light of professors' qualitative statements. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Dutz, Hubner-Benz, Emmerling and Peus.)
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