Improves Analysis of Recruitment and Promotion Trends

Intersectionality uncovers why recruitment or promotion based on “cultural fit” (an excuse often rooted in affinity bias) can disproportionately disadvantage employees with intersecting marginalized identities. Understanding these patterns leads tech firms to question whether current metrics accidentally reinforce halo effects for some groups while denying them to others.

Intersectionality uncovers why recruitment or promotion based on “cultural fit” (an excuse often rooted in affinity bias) can disproportionately disadvantage employees with intersecting marginalized identities. Understanding these patterns leads tech firms to question whether current metrics accidentally reinforce halo effects for some groups while denying them to others.

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