LISS 2025. Authors: Zoltán Lippényi (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen – Faculteit Gedrags- en Maatschappijwetenschappen), Valentina Di Stasio (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen), Leandro Ivan Canzio (European University Institute)
Women and people with a migrant background often work at different firms than men and those of Dutch origin. This segregation is typically attributed to employers’ preferences for hiring men and Dutch-origin candidates. However, workers themselves may also contribute to segregation by choosing jobs where colleagues or managers share (or differ from) their own demographic characteristics.
Our project examines how much the demographic profiles of colleagues and managers influence workers’ job preferences, and whether firms’ policies also play a role. We will present LISS panel members with vignettes describing job offers that vary in the demographics of colleagues and managers, as well as in the organization’s policies.
Finally, we will link participants’ preferences to their employment histories by connecting their responses to CBS data, allowing us to analyse whether past workplace experiences with demographically (dis)similar colleagues and managers influence their current preferences and expectations of career advancement.
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