Power struggles and gender discrimination in the workplace

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Power struggles and gender discrimination in the workplace

Abstract:

This study explores the impact of power struggles on the emergence of gender discrimination within the organizational culture. Utilizing an agent-based model, we simulate power struggles as an asymmetric hawk and dove game where agents may categorize their opponents based on their observable traits to make effective decisions. Our model includes two categories: prestigious education and sex, with prestigious education having higher struggling power. We examine three categorization strategies: fine-grained, regular-grained, and coarse-grained categorization. Our results indicate that fine-grained categorizers gain an advantage when the cost of fighting is low. In contrast, coarse-grained categorizers become more peaceful, leading to an advantage when the cost of fighting is high. Our simulation reveals that although there is no meaningful difference between sexes, different behaviors emerge when fine-categorizing agents dominate.

Available from SocArXiv:

• Yasar, Alperen. 2023. “Power Struggles and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace.” SocArXiv. doi:10.31235/osf.io/t4g83. Accessible online