Meritocracy Paradox

@MIT Sloan School introduces us to a new and timely term: the Meritocracy Paradox. It is defined as a situation in which organizational efforts to reward merit and ensure equal opportunity for all may, ironically, deepen inequities and unfairness. “ 

Why? Underlying biases and existing social barriers. A field study found women, racially disadvantaged populations, and immigrants earn lower merit based bonuses despite working the same jobs, with the same supervisors, and obtaining the same performance scores.