Disclosure of sexual orientation in the USA and its consequences in the workplace
Authored by Luigi Bonaventura, Alessio Emanuele Biondo
Date Published: 2016
DOI: 10.1108/ijse-01-2015-0014
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Abstract
Purpose - Discrimination and hostility in the workplace prevents
homosexual workers from performing their core functions on the job.
Moreover, it introduces unnecessary costs by increasing absenteeism, lowering productivity, and fostering a less motivated, less
entrepreneurial, and less committed workforce. By means of an
agent-based model, the authors simulated the effects on unemployment
rates of an increasing of sexual orientation (SO) disclosure in the
workplaces. The authors tested the effects on workers' utility, level of
job satisfaction and segregation. The results show a complessive
improvement of the firms' performances and a better job satisfaction for
undeclared and homosexual workers and employers. With a homosexual
employer, the authors can observe an increasing homosexual utility and
firm profit, with a low decrease in undeclared utility. Instead, with an
undeclared employer, the firm's profit decreases but the total effect is
positive. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach - An agent-based model applied.
Findings - Effects of sexual disclosure on unemployment rates, job
satisfaction, and job segregation.
Originality/value - The economic literature on SO and job satisfaction
is very meager.
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discrimination