Dear colleagues,
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming symposium at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen:
Novel Integrations of Micro and Macro Level Organizational Fairness
Monday, July 28 | 12:00–1:30pm
Bella Center, Hall B – B4-m6
(Research Panel Symposium #10275)
How can organizational processes be designed and judged as "fair"... not only for individuals (micro-level), but also for society at large (macro-level)? Classic answers reveal a persistent paradox: Procedures that feel fair at the case-by-case, individual level (e.g., merit-based hiring, admissions, or grants) can yield outcomes that are seen as unfair or inequitable at the systemic level. And vice versa: efforts to ensure macro-level fairness often invite criticism for neglecting the individual.
This symposium brings together five empirical papers that bridge micro and macro perspectives on fairness, offering new theoretical insights and practical approaches for organizations. We are honored to have Cindy P. Muir (Zapata) as our discussant.
Presentations include:
- Tom Taiyi Yan (with Elad Sherf): Two Sides of Distributive Fairness in Organizations: Reconciling Micro and Macro Standards
uses computational modeling to examine trade-offs between individual and systemic fairness.
- David Munguia Gomez (with Daniela Goya-Tocchetto & Leticia R. Micheli): Which College Admissions Procedures are Fair and for Whom? explores how political ideology shapes perceptions of fairness in college admissions.
- Elad Sherf (with Daniela Rodriguez-Mincey): The Fairness and Adoption of Threshold Lotteries in Organizational Selection Processes investigates perceptions and uptake of "threshold lotteries" (hybrid merit and random selection).
- Daniela Rodriguez-Mincey (with Elad Sherf): Fairness Perceptions of Strategic Randomness in Evaluation Processes examines when strategic use of randomness in evaluations is accepted as a means to reduce gaming and boost fairness.
- Manuel Galvan (with Keith Payne, Keely Muscatell, Modupe Akinola & Taylor Phillips): Seeing Anti-Black Discrimination as Widespread Increases Support for Large-Scale Policy Change shows how recognizing systemic discrimination can build support for broad policy reforms.
We invite anyone interested in justice, DEI, and novel approaches to organizational fairness to join us for a dynamic, discussion-driven session. No registration required for AOM attendees.
We hope to see you in Copenhagen!
Best regards,
Daniela Rodriguez-Mincey and Manuel Galvan (Organizers)
#AOM2025 #OrganizationalBehavior #DEI #MOC #Fairnes
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Elad Sherf
Associate Professor
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC
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