In recent years, many states in the U.S. have banned race-based affirmative action in college admissions, with public universities in these states using a variety of methods to ensure a diverse student body without the explicit consideration of race, such as poverty preferences, in admissions....

Drawing on relative deprivation theory, in this study, we develop a model to examine whether perceived overqualification and workplace discrimination negatively influence self-initiated expatriates’ (SIE) expatriation satisfaction. We also investigate whether three dimensions of organizational...

On May 26, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed landmark legislation prohibiting weight and height discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. As the New York City Commissioner on Human Rights explained, “most forms of appearance-based discrimination have persisted...

Competence development in digital technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence is increasingly important to all types of organizations and their workforce. Universities and corporations are investing heavily in developing training programs, at all tenure levels, to meet the new skills...

Using a promotion signaling model in which wages are realistically shaped by market forces, we analyze how male overconfidence combined with competitive workplace incentives affects gender equality in the labor market. Our main result is that overconfident workers exert more effort to be...

Despite gains in female representation in early career stages, large gender gaps persist at the higher ends of the income distribution. This paper uses an experiment to study how the dynamics of affirmative action may limit the extent to which its initial benefits extend throughout the career...