%0 Journal Article
%T Gender Quotas or GirlsĄŻ Networks? Evidence from an Italian Research Selection
%A Daniele Checchi
%A Nevena Kulic
%A Simona Cicognani
%J Work, Employment and Society
%@ 1469-8722
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0950017018813071
%X This article investigates the role of the gender composition of selection committees and connections in promoting women in research. Exploiting a newly collected data set on research recruitment processes to entry-level positions in a leading Italian research centre operating mainly in the hard sciences, the study finds that bias against women manifests itself at non-tenured entry level and is attenuated by the presence of a woman on the selection committee. However, the most important predictor for recruitment in the study is previous connections with the research centre, a mechanism which, due to the lower density of network links with the institute among female candidates, operates as a selection device discriminating against women. The results suggest that the gender of the committee members, network structure and type of recruitment must all be considered in approaching recruitment policy
%K connections
%K gender bias
%K gender quotas
%K research centre
%K research recruitment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0950017018813071