How Do Organizational Environments and Mandatory Arbitration Shape Employment Attorney Case Selection? Evidence from an Experimental Vignette1. Issue 4 (16th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gough, Mark D.
• Is Part Of: Industrial relations. Volume 57:Issue 4(2018:Oct.)
• Page Start: 541
• Page End: 567
• Publication Date: 2018-05-16
• Subjects: Industrial relations -- Periodicals; 331.05
• DOI: 10.1111/irel.12217
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0019-8676

Abstract

Abstract : Using a novel experimental vignette design, this study shows how firm adoption of equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies, internal dispute resolution procedures, occupational segregation, and use of mandatory arbitration agreements affect employment attorney perceptions of employment discrimination claims. Findings reveal the organizational environment of a claim can signal compliance with antidiscrimination law and the use of mandatory arbitration reduces the expected value of a claim and willingness to accept it for representation. These findings contribute to the understanding of antidiscrimination law as a social system by showing organizational environments and mandatory arbitration clauses predict attorney case assessment.