Emilio J. Castilla
Emilio J. Castilla | |
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| Alma mater | University of Barcelona Stanford University |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management |
Emilio J. Castilla is a Spanish academic. After receiving his PhD from Stanford University in 2002, he taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2005. Since then, he has taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is currently the NTU Professor of Management and a Professor of Work and Organization Studies.
Castilla's research focuses on the sociological aspects of work and employment, particularly on how the concept of meritocracy is defined and used in contemporary talent management practices. He is the author of The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them, published in 2025 by Columbia University Press.
Education
Emilio J. Castilla earned a graduate diploma from Lancaster University.[1] He graduated from the University of Barcelona, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.[1] He completed a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University in 2002 under Mark Granovetter.[1][2]
Career
Castilla taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2005.[1] He has been Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management since 2005.[1]
Castilla is a research fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and the Center for Human Resources, both of which are at the Wharton School.[1] Additionally, he is a member of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT.[1] He is also a member of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University[3] and the Center on Race & Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh.[4]
Research
Castilla has many research contributions about workplace inequality and meritocracy. In a 2010 article published in Administrative Science Quarterly with Stephen Benard, a Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, Castilla showed that when companies promoted meritocracy, managers tended to promote men at the expense of women.[5] In a 2011 article published in the American Sociological Review, Castilla showed that, while organizational structures do lead to workplace inequality, managers also play a role in inequality regardless of performance due to their own social networks and homophily.[6]
Castilla has also made research contributions about immigrant workers in the United States. In 2015, with Benjamin A. Rissing, Castilla showed that Hispanic immigrants to the United States were less likely than Canadian and Asian immigrants to receive work visas.[7] To fix the bias, they suggested either auditing the process, or removing demographic details from visa applications when Homeland Security employees screen potential work visa holders.[7]
Professor Castilla's research was featured in The Atlantic in December 2015. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/meritocracy/418074/
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Emilio J Castilla". MIT Sloan School of Management. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Emilio Castilla". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ↑ "Emlio Castilla". Stanford University: The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Emilio Castilla Ph.D." University of Pittsburgh: Center on Race & Social Problems. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ↑ Stephen, Benard; Castilla, Emilio J. (December 2010). "The Paradox of Meritocracy in Organizations" (PDF). Administrative Science Quarterly. 55 (4): 543–576. doi:10.2189/asqu.2010.55.4.543. hdl:1721.1/65884. JSTOR 41149515. S2CID 1016312.
- ↑ Castilla, Emilio J. (October 2011). "Bringing Managers Back In: Managerial Influences on Workplace Inequality". American Sociological Review. 76 (5): 667–694. doi:10.1177/0003122411420814. JSTOR 23019215. S2CID 143123568.
- 1 2 Castilla, Emilio J.; Rissing, Ben (6 January 2015). "Latin American immigrants are less likely to be authorized to work in the U.S. than similar immigrants from other countries". London School of Economics. Retrieved September 15, 2015.