Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to careers and jobs.
Joyce He and Sonia Kang comment on their research showing how women face a double disadvantage when it comes to writing cover letters.
This brief examines how hiring managers' exposure to violent crime events affects their decisions to hire Black job applicants with and without a criminal record.
In our fifth Industry Partner Workshop on February 27, 2020, our researchers and partners engaged with topics such as Gender and team leadership and work design and flexible work.
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GATE funded researchers, Joyce He, Sonia Kang, and Nico Lacetera explore possibilities to close the gender promotion gap.
A look at how gender norms have influenced men's ranking compared to women, in masculinized tech workplaces.
Special event from University of Toronto’s alumni relations: GATE Director Sarah Kaplan talks about “Gender and the Economy - Lessons from COVID-19 for the New World of Work"| March 1, 2022
There is a common perception that employees with families are less committed to their work than single, childless employees. This study looks at how single, childless workers in fact report lower absorption in their work than those with other family structures.
This study indicates that due to social identity threat, women engineers experience mental exhaustion at a much higher rate than men engineers.
In our fourth Industry Partner Workshop on September 23, 2019, our researchers and partners engaged with topics such as race and gender in digital journalism, gender stereotypes and entrepreneurial financing, and de-biasing job postings.
This experimental study demonstrates that women are penalized in terms of advancement opportunities when they self-report sexual harassment, due to the perception that these women are violating social norms.
