Research 

RESEARCH  

Research Interests: Decision-Making, Organizational Culture, Selection Processes,

Discrimination, Stigma

Publications Under Review:

· (Referrals and MBA admissions) Colleen Flaherty-Manchester, Brandy Edmondson, and Anders Frederikson: Referrals provide signals to selection committees regarding applicant quality. This piece investigates if referrals can compensate against stigma related to gender, race, country of origin, and low GMAT scores in order to increase one’s likelihood of selection.

Ongoing Research:

·  Dissertation: “Bigger than Black and White: Cultural Capital and Employment Discrimination”: 

·    “Vouch for me? Referrer Selection as a Form of Impression Management”: 

Referrals have been found to increase one’s likelihood of admission into MBA programs. However, little is known about how applicants choose a referrer. This piece investigates the role of prestige in choosing a referrer as a function of a potential referrer’s race, gender, employer, and job position.

Future Research:

·    “What are you?: Racial Ambiguity as a Source of Discrimination in Hiring Decisions”:                         

This piece investigates the discomfort felt by hiring managers in hiring processes when they cannot use racial stereotyping in order to determine if ambiguous race applicants receive preferential or discriminatory treatment.

·    “Employees’ Responses to Social Identity Threats in the Face of Diversity Reputation Crises”: Organizational reputation crises have yet to be studied in terms in diversity. This piece investigates the differential psychological effects of targeted and non-targeted groups of a newly introduced construct, diversity reputation crises.

PRESENTATIONS                                                                                              

Presentations:

·       “Bigger than Black and White: Cultural Capital and Employment Discrimination” Work and Organizations Student Research Series, University of Minnesota (Spring 2022); The Sadie Collective / Brookings Institute Research Reception (2021); Academy of Management Symposium (Summer 2021); 

·       “The Role of Referrals: An Information Perspective” Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA 2022); Work and Organizations Student Research Series, University of Minnesota (Spring 2020); Work and Organizations Research Seminar Series, University of Minnesota (Fall 2020; with Colleen Flaherty Manchester)

·       What are you?: Racial Ambiguity as a Source of Discrimination in Hiring Decisions” PhD Excellence Initiative Summer Workshop, New York University (Summer 2019); Work and Organizations Student Research Series, University of Minnesota (Spring 2020)

·       “Employees’ Responses to Social Identity Threats in the Face of Diversity Reputation Crises” Work and Organizations Student Research Series, University of Minnesota (Fall 2018)

·       “The Relationship Between Darker Skin Tones of African Americans and Occupational Prestige” Ph.D. Excellence Initiative Summer Workshop, New York University (July 2018)

References:

Colleen Flaherty- Manchestor (co- author/ past advisor)

Peter Blair Henry (past advisor)