2016
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwv034
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Does the formalization of practices enhance equal hiring opportunities? An analysis of a French nation-wide employer survey

Abstract: This article addresses the formalisation of hiring processes and its impact on the type of the employee hired. Using the French OFER survey on the hiring practices of 3,584 firms in 2005, we investigate how firms organise the selection of job applicants and analyse the outcome of this selection with regard to the profiles of successful applicants. The data analysis reveals four types of screening processes: an informal process (streamlined) and three formalised processes (written-based, testing, and profession… Show more

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“…Recognising that the qualification of candidates is not a stand-alone fact but a social construction produced in the hiring process (Eymard-Duvernay & Marchal, 1997), convention theory (CT hereafter) suggests that conventions enable participating actors to make selection decisions and determine the profile of selected applicants (de Larquier & Marchal, 2016). Assuming different engagement modes available to actors, an important insight on the part of CT scholars is that coordinating activities requires reducing participants' doubts and strengthening their confidence in the prevailing engagement mode (Thévenot, 2002(Thévenot, , 2007.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recognising that the qualification of candidates is not a stand-alone fact but a social construction produced in the hiring process (Eymard-Duvernay & Marchal, 1997), convention theory (CT hereafter) suggests that conventions enable participating actors to make selection decisions and determine the profile of selected applicants (de Larquier & Marchal, 2016). Assuming different engagement modes available to actors, an important insight on the part of CT scholars is that coordinating activities requires reducing participants' doubts and strengthening their confidence in the prevailing engagement mode (Thévenot, 2002(Thévenot, , 2007.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En cambio, las grandes empresas se centran más en prácticas formales y sofisticadas llevadas a cabo por departamentos específicos de GRRHH (Barber et al, 1999, Tanova y Nadiri, 2005Greenidge et al, 2012;De Larquier y Marchal, 2016).…”
Section: Política De Reclutamientounclassified
“…Ejemplos de prácticas que permiten la selección del personal apropiado para la empresa son el examen del curriculum vitae, las entrevistas, las pruebas de conocimientos y capacidades, la simulación de tareas laborales (De Larquier y Marchal, 2016) y el examen de las referencias y de los comportamientos laborales que el candidato ha tenido en trabajos previos (Piotrowski y Armstrong, 2006;Drogan y Yancey, 2011).…”
Section: Política De Selecciónunclassified
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