Emilio J. Castilla
Emilio J. Castilla
“The Meritocracy Paradox” Now Available for Pre-Order
MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla’s new book, The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them, can now be pre-ordered from the publisher, Columbia University Press. Learn more about the book.
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The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them.
Castilla, Emilio J. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2025."The Trouble With Meritocracy."
Castilla, Emilio J. The European Business Review, May 17, 2025."The Gendering of Job Postings in the Online Recruitment Process."
Castilla, Emilio J., and Hye Jin Rho. Management Science Vol. 69, No. 11 (2023): 6912-6939. Download Replication Files.Areas of Interest
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Economic Sociology
- Human Resources Management
Affiliations
Institute for Work and Employment Research
The mission: address the needs and realities of 21st-century workers and the organizations that employ them.
Sociology@MIT
The sociologists at MIT help students develop an understanding and appreciation of the social structures that link local experiences and global exchanges.
Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
“Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace,” an MIT Sloan Management Review article by Emilio J. Castilla, won the Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize.