Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to careers and jobs.
Parental Leave: More Time with the Kids
Sarah Kaplan appears on TVO's The Agenda to talk about the challenges with Canada's new parental leave policy.
New family care policies provide more flexibility, but for whom?
Sarah Kaplan comments on new family care policies in an op-ed in the Toronto Star -- pointing out that it might not help, and might even hurt, especially women's careers.
Black on Bay Street: Hadiya Roderique’s three ways to retain diverse talent
In this Globe and Mail video, GATE-funded researcher Hadiya Roderique offers three steps organizations can take to support women and racialized minorities in organizations
Emotional intelligence series: Stéphane Côté
Rotman's Women in Management Association (WIMA) has launched a series of videos on gender and emotional intelligence. Part 1 is an interview with Professor Stéphane Côté on how perceptions of men's and women's emotions affect their leadership effectiveness.
Leaning out: Bad experiences in recruiting add to the gender gap
When women are unsure about whether or not they belong, rejections lead to withdrawal.
Discrimination in Hiring
As part of our Rotman Short Talks series, hear from Professor Sonia Kang about how diversity statements can have unintended consequences, leading to less diversity in hiring, not more.
Gender Equality and the War for Talent
As part of our Rotman Short Talks series, hear from Tanya van Biesen, Executive Director of Canada, Catalyst, Inc. and Rotman alumna about how working towards gender equality can position firms to do better in the War for Talent.
Your ambition is showing
How single women downplay their professional ambitions around single men
Women more often volunteer for tasks that hinder their promotability
Women are asked to volunteer for low-status tasks more often than men, and accept much more often.
‘Whitening’ and Self-Presentation in the Labour Market
Rotman Management Magazine
Sonia Kang, Katherine DeCelles, Andràs Tilcsik, and Sora Jun show that even companies that publicly espouse an inclusive environment continue to discriminate against candidates who appear to be from non-white backgrounds. Worse yet, many non-white job candidates are proactively ‘whitening’ their resumes in order to hide their racial identity.