Unraveling the Dilemma of Stigma Disclosure: The Implications of Social Media and Stigma Discovery on Hiring
| dc.contributor.author | Kwon, Youngjin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thatcher, Jason Bennet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roth, Philip | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pienta, Dan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-26T18:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-26T18:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-01-03 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2024.834 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9981331-7-1 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 9a360aa2-dda7-49f5-a0c0-2d114c1d53f8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107220 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Technology and Organizations | |
| dc.subject | disclosure | |
| dc.subject | discovery | |
| dc.subject | hiring | |
| dc.subject | invisible stigma | |
| dc.subject | social media | |
| dc.title | Unraveling the Dilemma of Stigma Disclosure: The Implications of Social Media and Stigma Discovery on Hiring | |
| dc.type | Conference Paper | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| dcterms.abstract | People with invisible stigma often feel pressure about whether to disclose their invisible stigma or try to keep it hidden from their employer. While the decision to disclose or conceal stigma has been considered relatively straightforward, the ease of access to online personal information has made the decision process more uncontrollable and uncertain, as invisible stigma can now be discovered without the stigma holder's choice to reveal it to employers. This possibility of stigma discovery is troubling for job applicants, as hiring managers routinely review social media accounts as part of the hiring process through which hiring managers may unknowingly discover applicants' invisible stigmas and make a biased hiring decision. Against this background, we investigate whether job applicants should disclose their stigma when there is a risk of it being discovered online. To this end, we conducted an experiment in which subjects viewed job applicants’ cover letters (stigma disclosure) and social media (stigma discovery). Our findings indicate that when stigma disclosure alone happens, it is generally beneficial for job applicants, whereas stigma disclosure accompanied with discovery does not weaken stigma’s adverse effects on hiring outcomes. | |
| dcterms.extent | 11 pages | |
| prism.startingpage | 6956 |
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