SOC-S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Glass Ceiling, Field Experiment, Tokenism
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Being a numerical minority, taken, in large corporations (15%or less) disadvantages workers in minority groups. Boundary heightening : the dominant group sets news boundaries to exclude tokens. E. g. after work socializing, informal networks, the use of male humor. These dynamics are still relevant in male-dominated workplaces (e. g. , tech- companies, stem fields, top management positions) Audit study of 6,500 professors at top universities. Student"s name was used to indicate gender and race/ethnicity. They sent out several more names, some white sounding, some african american sounding, latino sounding, indian, chinese, etc. White executives enter a fast track earlier than minority executives - 5 years to promotion to mid-management position, compared to 9 years. Minority executives and plateaued managers don"t differ in promotion in earlier stage. Plateaued managers experience more lateral moves, and assigned to jobs that do not offer gaining new skills.
