Implicit attitudes and personnel selection : a phenomenological study regarding the implicit attitudes of personnel selectors'in relation to their work and job-applicants
(2005)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to describe and understand how personnel recruiters reason when they select new co-workers to an organisation. A focus is on the implicit thoughts and characteristics the personnel recruiters ascribe to the job-applicant. Another aim is to generate new knowledge in relation to how personnel selection is done in real life.
A phenomenological approach is proposed as a way to reach the personnel recruiters' subjective perceptions and feelings about their work. Eleven recruiters from companies and municipalities in Sweden answered two questions each regarding the interview process, of which ten protocols were analyzed. To achieve a better understanding of the meaning constitution and the specific thoughts... (More) - The purpose of this study is to describe and understand how personnel recruiters reason when they select new co-workers to an organisation. A focus is on the implicit thoughts and characteristics the personnel recruiters ascribe to the job-applicant. Another aim is to generate new knowledge in relation to how personnel selection is done in real life.
A phenomenological approach is proposed as a way to reach the personnel recruiters' subjective perceptions and feelings about their work. Eleven recruiters from companies and municipalities in Sweden answered two questions each regarding the interview process, of which ten protocols were analyzed. To achieve a better understanding of the meaning constitution and the specific thoughts recruiters have in employment situations we used the qualitative software MCA-Minerva.
The results showed a tendency among the recruiters to characterise the applicants on the basis of their own earlier experiences and perceptions, implying that some of the participants manifest implicit attitudes that could, in specific situations, lead to implicit discrimination. (Less)
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- author
- Berg, Evelina and Hagsten, Anna
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- rekrytering, attityder, diskriminering, anställningsintervjuer, Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- English
- id
- 1331904
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- 2005-06-15 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this study is to describe and understand how personnel recruiters reason when they select new co-workers to an organisation. A focus is on the implicit thoughts and characteristics the personnel recruiters ascribe to the job-applicant. Another aim is to generate new knowledge in relation to how personnel selection is done in real life.
A phenomenological approach is proposed as a way to reach the personnel recruiters' subjective perceptions and feelings about their work. Eleven recruiters from companies and municipalities in Sweden answered two questions each regarding the interview process, of which ten protocols were analyzed. To achieve a better understanding of the meaning constitution and the specific thoughts recruiters have in employment situations we used the qualitative software MCA-Minerva.
The results showed a tendency among the recruiters to characterise the applicants on the basis of their own earlier experiences and perceptions, implying that some of the participants manifest implicit attitudes that could, in specific situations, lead to implicit discrimination.}},
author = {{Berg, Evelina and Hagsten, Anna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Implicit attitudes and personnel selection : a phenomenological study regarding the implicit attitudes of personnel selectors'in relation to their work and job-applicants}},
year = {{2005}},
}