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The Organizational Reproduction of Inequality
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With societal inequalities continuing to increase and organizations providing the vast majority of people with their income, we wanted to assess the ways in which organizational practices are implicated in the burgeoning of social and economic inequality. Following an integrative review of the literature drawn from across the social sciences, we found that the multiple ways in which five major organizational practices—hiring, role allocation, promotion, compensation, and structuring—are enacted emerged as being central to the reproduction of inequality. We also uncovered how the persistence of these practices, and the inequality they induce, can be largely attributed to a constellation of three highly institutionalized myths, efficiency, meritocracy, and positive globalization. Our analysis further reveals how, as scholars, we bear a corresponding responsibility to reconsider how we engage in research on and teaching about organizations. The implications of this for our future work are discussed.
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- Authors
- Amis, J. M., Mair, J., & Munir, K. A.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Annals
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2020-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 195-230
- ISSN
- 1941-6067 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-6520
- OpenAlex
- W2989347311
- Cited by
- 490
- References
- 292
- FWCI
- 46.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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