The Hidden Cost of Flexibility: A Factorial Survey Experiment on Job Promotion

Fernandez-Lozano, Irina, González, M. José, Jurado-Guerrero, Teresa y Martínez-Pastor, Juan-Ignacio . (2020) The Hidden Cost of Flexibility: A Factorial Survey Experiment on Job Promotion. European Sociological Review

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Título The Hidden Cost of Flexibility: A Factorial Survey Experiment on Job Promotion
Autor(es) Fernandez-Lozano, Irina
González, M. José
Jurado-Guerrero, Teresa
Martínez-Pastor, Juan-Ignacio
Materia(s) Sociología
Abstract This article analyses the role of gender, parenthood, and work flexibility measures and the mediating role of stereotypes on the likelihood of achieving an internal promotion in Spain. We hypothesize that employers favour fathers over mothers and disfavour flexible workers (flexibility stigma) because they are perceived, respectively, as less competent and less committed. We also hypothesize that employers reflect their gender values in the selection process. These hypotheses are tested using data from a survey experiment in which 71 supervisors from private companies evaluate 426 short vignettes describing six different candidates for promotion into positions that require decision-making and team supervision skills. Several candidate characteristics are experimentally manipulated, while others such as skills and experience in the company are kept constant to minimize the risk of statistical discrimination. Contrary to our expectations, fathers are not preferred in promotion, as they are not perceived as being more competent than mothers. However, we find that flexibility leads to lower promotion scores, partly due to its association with a lack of commitment. Although the statutory right to reduce working hours for care reasons seems a major social achievement, this experiment shows that mothers may be indirectly penalized, as they are the main users of this policy.
Editor(es) Oxford University Press
Fecha 2020-04
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Identificador bibliuned:DptoSociologiaII-Articulos-Ifernandez-0005
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DOI - identifier https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz059
ISSN - identifier 0266-7215; eISSN 1468-2672
Nombre de la revista European Sociological Review
Número de Volumen 36
Número de Issue 2
Página inicial 265
Página final 283
Publicado en la Revista European Sociological Review
Idioma eng
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Tipo de recurso Article
Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Notas adicionales La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en European Sociological Review (2020) 36-2, p. 265–283, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Oxford University Press; https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz059
Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in European Sociological Review (2020) 36-2, p. 265–283, is available online at the publisher's website: Oxford University Press; https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz059

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