22 Oct 2018

Sue Williamson - the meaning of merit

From Labour Day, 8:40 am on 22 October 2018
Dr Sue Williamson of the School of Business at UNSW Canberra has been shortlisted for the 2017 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year.

Photo: © UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Unconscious bias has been a buzzword for a few years now, and many employers claim they are aware of their biases and simply want to employ people based on merit, not gender, team fit or ethnicity.  Sue Williamson has been researching merit and has found that few employers really understand what it means to have merit.