Does marital status affect how firms interpret job applicants’ un/employment histories?

Maurer‐Fazio, Margaret; Wang, Sili

doi:10.1108/ijm-09-2017-0251

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“…These researchers must use names that clearly indicate the gender of the applicant. Recent research also tested for marital status (Maurer‐Fazio & Wang, 2018) by indicating in the cover letter if a female job candidate was married or single. Research has also analyzed whether it plays a role in the recruitment process if the job candidate has kids (Baert, 2014; Becker, Fernandes, & Weichselbaumer, 2018).…”

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Analyzing discrimination in recruitment: A guide and best practices for resume studies

Adamovic

2020

Int J Selection Assessment

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Resume studies are natural field experiments in which researchers standardize the content of resumes and vary them by individual characteristics. Researchers submit the resumes to job advertisements and compare the employers' responses toward the different resumes to measure labor market discrimination. Despite the robustness of this method, its use has not been fully exploited in human resource management and organizational psychology research. Based on a literature review, we provide an overview of the best practices for resume studies and a step‐by‐step plan to guide researchers. We also explain challenges in the design and implementation of these studies and how they can be addressed. Finally, we suggest avenues for future research and how future studies can contribute to reduce hiring discrimination.

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Analyzing discrimination in recruitment: A guide and best practices for resume studies

Adamovic

2020

Int J Selection Assessment

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Labor Market Discrimination against Family Responsibilities: A Correspondence Study with Policy Change in China

Han

2023

Journal of Labor Economics

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Understanding the Relationships Between Divorce and Work: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

Kelemen,

Matthews,

Bolino

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Journal of Management

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Despite the personal, financial, and social implications of divorce for employees, research on the intersection of divorce and work has been mainly conducted across disparate literatures, with limited attention paid within the organizational sciences. In this review, we bring together research on employee divorce across multiple disciplines, including sociology, public health, legal studies, economics, family studies, and psychology. We identify three major areas of prior research that can be applied to our understanding of divorce within organizational contexts: interrole interdependencies, economic dependency, and social dynamics. We also highlight overarching themes that emerge from prior research on divorce and work. Building on our review, we then provide recommendations about how to theoretically and empirically advance research on divorce and work. Finally, we discuss the practical implications of our review.

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Does marital status affect how firms interpret job applicants’ un/employment histories?

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Analyzing discrimination in recruitment: A guide and best practices for resume studies

Analyzing discrimination in recruitment: A guide and best practices for resume studies

Labor Market Discrimination against Family Responsibilities: A Correspondence Study with Policy Change in China

Understanding the Relationships Between Divorce and Work: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

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