Ph.D. student Dongwon Yun, Renata F. Guzzo, and Cass Shum (all Hospitality) recently published their paper "Evaluating pride applicants: The moderating role of sex and perceived similarity on hiring managers’ evaluations of gender-nonconforming applicants" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

The research investigates how and when gender-nonconforming displays affect hospitality hiring managers’ perceptions and evaluations of job applicants across three experiments. The study highlights the positive impact of legal and cultural shifts in hiring managers' attitudes towards applicants' gender-nonconforming display. It found that gender-nonconforming displays increase likability and subsequent evaluations (suitability and recommendations), especially among similar female and non-similar male applicants.