In the 1950s, American corporate executives were overwhelmingly white, male, and valued progression within well-defined hierarchies over creativity.
September
2024
Thanks to Benjamin Barton, Adam Chilton, Brian Feinstein, Jonathan Nash, and Anne Joseph O’Connell for invaluable comments, and to Michelle Mohr for research assistance. © 2020, David Zaring.
In the 1950s, American corporate executives were overwhelmingly white, male, and valued progression within well-defined hierarchies over creativity.