The Impact of Corporate Restructuring and Downsizing on the Managerial Careers of Minorities and Women: Lessons Learned from Nine Companies

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Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014

In this issue: Recent Findings and New Publications Commentary with Jondou Chase Chen by Jondou Chase Chen, Ph.D. with Gail Cruise-Roberson, B.A., Emmy Howe, M.Ed., and Emily Style, M.A. Commentary with Sumru Erkutby Sumru Erkut Spotlight on New Funding & Projects Global Connections: Mental Health, Job Polarization, OST, and Open Circle WCW Research Shows Effectiveness of A Middle School Sex Ed Program Confrences, Presentations & Trainings From 40 to 50: A Roadmap to Our Half Century Markhttps://repository.wellesley.edu/researchandactionreport/1025/thumbnail.jp

Does Leadership on the Field Get You Noticed Off It?: The Value of Varsity Sports to Corporate Recruiters

An online correspondence study was conducted to explore whether professional recruiters screening candidates for entry-level corporate jobs would view leadership skills acquired through high level participation in amateur sports at the collegiate varsity level more favorably than those acquired through non-sports activities. The experimental manipulation randomly varied candidates’ athletic v. non-athletic leadership experience at university, their gender, and race. Eight hundred and twenty-eight corporate recruiters rated four potential candidate profiles on four of eight job-relevant leadership traits/skills they valued most when assessing a candidate and ranked the candidates for a callback interview. Varsity athletes were rated higher than non-athletes on the ability to work in a team and on being results-driven. However, recruiters rated athletes lower in critical thinking, follow-through on tasks, and organizational skills. Overall, athletes were no more likely than non-athlete candidates to be selected for a first interview. Results are interpreted in the context of signaling theory