Homosociality

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The term homosociality (also homosocial co-optation ) describes the phenomenon that one predominantly likes to surround oneself with people who are similar to oneself. Homosocial behavior relates primarily to the person's circle of friends . Homosocial men have many or only male friends, homosocial women have many or only female friends. Even with children, friendly “contact initiatives with same-sex children” predominate.

Effects on the labor market

The concept of homosociality is also taken up in organizational psychology : Homosociality is an explanatory approach for the disadvantage of women in professional life, since men often make personnel decisions at management level and prefer men for homosocial reasons. Surrounding yourself with people who tend to be similar to you reduces the complexity of situations and increases trust : “Homosociality, i.e. the equality of members, is a trust-building measure. You have confidence in those who are equal to you because you assume that you can 'do better with them than with the others'; that you can better enforce your own goals with them and maintain your own organizational culture better than with others. ”( Michael Meuser : Equality on the test stand).

Homosociality in personnel decisions - on the basis of the subjective character of the decision - inevitably leads to suboptimal solutions. Since the decision-makers in companies are predominantly male, the effect can lead to the disadvantage of female staff. One possibility to take action against the conscious or unconscious disadvantage of certain groups of people is anonymous application procedures .

Mini-Me effect

In non-scientific publications the term mini-me-effect , which can be traced back to homosociality, can be found : "The recruiter recognizes himself in the applicant ten or more years ago." The name goes back to a character in the film Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position (1999) in which a miniature clone of the villain has traits and habits.

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Individual evidence

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