IWER Hiring

Gendered Language in Job Postings Has Little Effect on Applicant Behavior, New Research Finds

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In an effort to attract a diverse pool of talented candidates, many contemporary U.S. employers seek to craft gender-neutral job postings by editing language in the postings that may have masculine or feminine connotations. But how much difference do such practices make in reality? Not that much, su...

Mar 24, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

3 ways to center humans in artificial intelligence efforts

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Take time now to understand the challenging questions about AI and ethics that firms will face in the years ahead.

Mar 23, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

Harvard Square: A Love Story

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A new book by MIT Sloan professor Catherine Turco explores how street-level markets are a central, and centrally important, social institution in American life.

Mar 1, 2023
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Press Education

Legacy preferences are materially beneficial, but counterproductive

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Why do colleges still prefer legacy applicants based on a theoretical framework of the three types of logics found in decision-making strategies: meritocratic, diversity, and material logic?

Mar 1, 2023
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