Conformity under uncertainty: Reliance on gender stereotypes in online hiring decisions. Issue 1 (26th February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Uhlmann, Eric Luis; Silberzahn, Raphael
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 37:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2014-02-26
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13001921
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We apply Bentley et al.'s theoretical framework to better understand gender discrimination in online labor markets. Although such settings are designed to encourage employer behavior in the northwest corner of <italic>Homo economicus</italic>, actual online hiring decisions tend to drift southeast into a "confirmation bias plus weak feedback loops" pattern of discrimination based on inaccurate social stereotypes.</p> </abstract>