Publications by Ming D. Leung
Taking a Pass: How Proportional Prejudice and Decisions Not to Hire Reproduce Sex Segregation
April 1, 2017 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung and Sharon Koppman
Abstract We propose and test a theory of how decisions not to hire reproduce sex segregation through what we term proportional prejudice. We hypothesize that employers are less likely to…
April 1, 2017 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung
Abstract We know a job applicant’s social category affects an employer’s likelihood of hiring them, but we do not know whether, or how, employers update their beliefs regarding members of…
Learning to hire? Hiring as a dynamic experiential process in an online market for contract labor
September 1, 2016 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung
Abstract Can employers learn to hire? This article conceptualizes hiring as a dynamic experiential learning process. Instead of examining hiring as a point in time decision, I investigate whether and…
September 1, 2016 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung
Abstract Extant hiring research has generally focused on understanding outcomes for employees and not on outcomes for employers. I theorize on how employer cognitive hiring decision processes affect their likelihood…
The dilemma of mobility: The differential effects of women and men’s erratic career paths
September 1, 2016 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung
Abstract It is well recognized that organizations play a central role in generating inequality in employment outcomes between women and men. Women are often disadvantaged relative to men when they…
May 1, 2015 • Working Papers • By Ming D. Leung
Abstract Most accounts of hiring focus on understanding why a particular job candidate was chosen and do not examine hiring as an outcome for the employer. I suggest that a…