Women in a tenure committee may even make it more difficult for a woman to get a job
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 09:52
in Psychology & Sociology
Having women in scientific committees may decrease women’s opportunities to get a nomination for a professor. According to a study from Finland, male evaluators become less favorable toward female candidates as soon as a female evaluator joins the committee. At the same time, female evaluators are not significantly more favorable toward female candidates.