tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14508105.post113159835311829087..comments2023-05-23T07:24:14.676-07:00Comments on Santa Clara University MBA Notes: Employment Discrimination by Name and a Proposed RemedyRick Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08025570329489102114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14508105.post-1132426317673912632005-11-19T10:51:00.000-08:002005-11-19T10:51:00.000-08:00In the paper by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mull...In the paper by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan which you cited, the authors note that, "Names might also influence our results through familiarity. One could argue that the African American names used in the experiment simply appear odd to human resource managers and that any odd name is discriminated against." This aspect of the experiment intrigues me. <BR/><BR/>I am curious, if one send out resumes with unusual but White sounding names such as Günter, Wilfred, Algernon, Poindexter, Percy, Siegfried etc. as a control group for the experiment, how the results would compare to those for African American sounding names and for those with "normal" White sounding names."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14508105.post-1132211445211296302005-11-16T23:10:00.000-08:002005-11-16T23:10:00.000-08:00An SCU MBA directed me to a Harvard Business Revie...An SCU MBA directed me to a Harvard Business Review article which points out that assimilating diverse employees can have negative effects. To harness the benefits of diversity, employees' diversity must be able to be shown, not hidden. Or so I gather from the teaser text for this article which requires payment to read. The article is called <A HREF="http://hbspct.ed4.net/t/VLKV3/AM1ME/28/M981CN?a1=1621" REL="nofollow"><I>Required Reading for White Executives, 2nd Edition</I></A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236545483224335990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14508105.post-1132209800718106432005-11-16T22:43:00.000-08:002005-11-16T22:43:00.000-08:00The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com has an...The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com has an informative special report about <A HREF="http://www.careerjournal.com/reports/diversity/index.html" REL="nofollow">diversity hiring</A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236545483224335990noreply@blogger.com