Gendered Navigation of Advice and Suboptimal Behavior in Matching Algorithms: Evidence from the Residency Match

Samuel E. Skowronek
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Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Joyce C. He
Joyce C. He
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Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Samuel E. Skowronek

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Samuel E. Skowronek

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-156X

Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095

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Joyce C. He

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7555-2510

Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095

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Published Online:13 Mar 2026https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2024.19652

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cover image Organization Science

Volume 37, Issue 3

May-June 2026

Pages 795-1215, iii-iv

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Received:October 15, 2024
Accepted:January 27, 2026
Published Online:March 13, 2026

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Samuel E. Skowronek, Joyce C. He (2026) Gendered Navigation of Advice and Suboptimal Behavior in Matching Algorithms: Evidence from the Residency Match. Organization Science 37(3):1165-1192.

https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2024.19652

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Jana Gallus and Alex Rees-Jones for their highly insightful comments on this paper. The authors also thank Eric Song, Andrea Simonian, and Keira Minamizono-von Imbior for outstanding research assistance.