Existing racial and ethnic representation on top management teams predicts subsequent top management team appointments that preserve the demographic status quo

• Christopher W. Bauman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chris.bauman@uci.edu

  Affiliation Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-0007

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• John Morton,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Business Administration, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-561X

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• Ben Lourie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

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• Philip Bromiley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

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