# kaal:claim:3071378-022

**Claim.** The clone syndrome, meaning companies' desire to hire people similar to the existing workforce, causes minority underrepresentation and makes it difficult for minorities and women to break into jobs predominantly held by white men.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- hiring into roles predominantly held by white men

**Source quote.**

> The clone syndrome,75 e.g. companies desire to hire people that are similar to the existing work- force, can lead to minority underrepresentation in corporations.76 The clone syndrome makes it difficult for a minority and women to break into a job predominantly held by white men.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III.2 Corporate Culture, page 18

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** clone-syndrome, hiring-bias, minority-underrepresentation, corporate-culture

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