Productivity metrics and hiring rubrics are warped by cultural schemas of merit

Productivity metrics and hiring rubrics are warped by cultural schemas of merit

Academic science is committed to objective hiring and promotion, yet diversification has stalled. Conventional approaches to improve diversity overlook the valorized cultural schemas scientists use to assess, and often mismeasure, merit. These schemas warp the design and use of productivity metrics...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) 2023-06, Vol.31 (6), p.556-558
Hauptverfasser: Blair-Loy, Mary, Reynders, Stephen, Cech, Erin A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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DEI
diversity
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Employment
equity
gender
metrics
Science
social science
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Zusammenfassung:Academic science is committed to objective hiring and promotion, yet diversification has stalled. Conventional approaches to improve diversity overlook the valorized cultural schemas scientists use to assess, and often mismeasure, merit. These schemas warp the design and use of productivity metrics and rubric scoring. We suggest interventions to unwarp them.
ISSN:0966-842X
1878-4380
DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2023.03.004