A colloquium of interest to COR community…
“Tokens at the Top: How Existing Ethnic Diversity Influences Entrances to Top Management Teams”
Christopher W. Bauman, University of California, Irvine
(Paper joint with John Morton, Ben Lourie & Philip Bromiley)
10:30a.m. – 12:00p.m. (PST) Virtual Talk Via Zoom
https://uci.zoom.us/j/96978185870
Abstract: Top management teams (TMTs) remain considerably less ethnically diverse than other employees and the general public. Drawing from theories of diversity, we generate and test predictions about how representation of a given ethnic group on a TMT influences the likelihood that the TMT adds a member of the same ethnic group. Supporting a tokenism account of diversity on TMTs, results provide consistent evidence across ethnic groups that representation associates negatively with subsequent additions of members of the same ethnic group. Similarly, the departure of a member of a given ethnic group from a TMT increases the likelihood of appointing someone from that ethnic group. In contrast, CEO ethnicity associates positively with the likelihood of adding another individual of that ethnicity.