INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I The Meritocratic Ideal
6. Chapter One THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF MERITOCRACY 15
7. Chapter Two MERITOCRACY IN THEORY 34
8. PART II Where Meritocracy Goes Wrong
9. Chapter Three THE ROLE OF BIASES AND SOCIAL PROCESSES 63
10. Chapter Four MERITOCRACY AND ITS PARADOXES IN PRACTICE 92
11. Chapter Five IS MERIT IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER? 121
12. PART III Building Meritocratic Organizations
13. Chapter Six A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO ACHIEVING MERITOCRACY 163
14. Chapter Seven DEBIASING TALENT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN THE WORKPLACE 199
15. CONCLUSION 220
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 233
17. NOTES 237
18. REFERENCES 293
19. INDEX 339
20. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 357