RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Increasing Workplace Diversity: Evidence from a Recruiting Experiment at a Fortune 500 Company
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0518-9489R1
DO 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1
A1 Flory, Jeffrey A.
A1 Leibbrandt, Andreas
A1 Rott, Christina
A1 Stoddard, Olga
YR 2019
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/08/02/jhr.56.1.0518-9489R1.abstract
AB While many firms have set ambitious goals to increase diversity in their ranks, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective ways to reach them. We use a natural field experiment to test several hypotheses on effective means to attract minority candidates for top professional careers. By randomly varying the content in recruiting materials of a major financial services corporation with over 10,000 employees, we find that signaling explicit interest in employee diversity more than doubles the interest in openings among racial minority candidates, the likelihood that they apply and are selected. Impacts on gender diversity are less sharp, and generally not significant.