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Organisational Values, Self-Image and Inclusion: Evidence from a Field Experiment

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  • Abebe, Girum
  • Brooke, Siân
  • Gole, Tom
  • Quinn, Simon
  • Schwantje, Tom

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We conduct a field experiment within a business plan competition to examine how institutional features influence inclusive decision-making. In the control group, over the course of independent sequential assessments, evaluators become less likely to recommend female candidates. This pattern reduces the quality of their decisions – as measured by expert assessments and machine-learning methods. Informing judges of the organisation’s commitment to equal opportunity entirely offsets this decline, whereas requiring judges to justify their decisions to peers has a more muted effect. Our results show that decision fatigue can undermine both decision quality and inclusivity, but simple organisational messaging can resolve this.

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  • Abebe, Girum & Brooke, Siân & Gole, Tom & Quinn, Simon & Schwantje, Tom, 2026. "Organisational Values, Self-Image and Inclusion: Evidence from a Field Experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 21457, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:21457
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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