Work plays a crucial role in rising social inequalities, which refer to unequal opportunities and rewards for different social groups. Whereas the conventional view of workplaces as meritocracies suggests that work is a conduit for social equality, we unveil the ways in which workplaces contribute to the accumulation of social inequality. In our cumulative social inequality in workplaces (CSI-W) model, we outline how initial differences in opportunities and rewards shape performance and/or subsequent opportunities and rewards, such that those who receive more initial opportunities and rewards tend to receive even more over time. These cumulative social inequality dynamics take place via nine different mechanisms spanning four different levels (individual, dyadic, network, and organizational). The CSI-W indicates that the mechanisms interact, such that the social inequality dynamics in workplaces tend to (a) exacerbate social inequalities over time, (b) legitimate social inequalities over time, and (c) manifest themselves through everyday occurrences and behaviors.

工作在加剧社会不平等中起着至关重要的作用，社会不平等指的是不同社会群体的机会和报酬不平等。传统的将工作场所视为优点的观点认为工作是社会平等的渠道，但我们揭示了工作场所促进社会不平等积累的方式。在我们的工作场所累积社会不平等（CSI-W）模型中，我们概述了机会和报酬的初始差异如何影响绩效和/或后续的机会和报酬，使得获得更多初始机会和报酬的人往往会随着时间的流逝获得更多收益。 。这些累积的社会不平等动态是通过跨越四个不同级别（个人，二元，网络和组织）的九种不同机制发生的。CSI-W表示机制相互作用，