纸面上的理想,实践上的排斥:招聘广告中的年龄和性别偏见。

IF 1.8 4区 医学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY
Ciara Carl, Ruth V Walker, Matt C Cavanaugh, William Higdon
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摘要

研究人员估计,20-40%的雇主在招聘决策中受到偏见的影响,性别和年龄歧视造成了障碍,尤其是在吸引阶段。我们研究了招聘广告是否通过基于性别和年龄的语言包含隐性偏好。研究人员使用探索性潜在内容分析对来自美国8个职业的800个招聘广告进行了分析,并为语言查询和单词计数(LIWC)定制了词典。通过2(行业)× 2(性别优势)混合设计重复测量方差分析,我们发现语言偏见存在显著差异,语言倾向于年长女性的理想最为普遍。白领行业表现出更高的总体偏见,行业和性别优势之间存在相互作用。尽管有这种语言趋势,年长女性仍然面临着招聘障碍——我们称之为“年长女性悖论”。一种解释可能是人力资源统计数据,因为45岁以上的女性占人力资源经理的75%以上。讨论了影响。
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Ideal on Paper, Excluded in Practice: Age and Gender Bias in Job Advertisements.

Researchers estimate that 20-40% of employers are influenced by bias in hiring decisions, with gender and age discrimination creating barriers, particularly during the attraction phase. We examined whether job ads include implicit preferences through gendered and age-based language. A total of 800 job ads from eight U.S. occupations were analyzed using exploratory latent content analysis, which informed a customized dictionary for linguistic inquiry and word count (LIWC). A 2 (industry) × 2 (gender dominance) mixed-design repeated measures ANOVA, we found significant differences in linguistic bias, with language favoring an older woman ideal most prevalent. White-collar industries exhibited higher overall bias, with interactions between industry and gender dominance. Despite this linguistic trend, older women continue to face hiring barriers-a disconnect we call the "older woman paradox." One explanation may be HR demographics, as women aged 45 + comprise over 75% of HR managers. Implications are discussed.

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期刊介绍: These are some of the broad questions with which the International Journal of Aging and Human Development is concerned. Emphasis is upon psychological and social studies of aging and the aged. However, the Journal also publishes research that introduces observations from other fields that illuminate the "human" side of gerontology, or utilizes gerontological observations to illuminate in other fields.
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