Managers’ interview invitation decisions about older job applicants
Human capital, economic conditions and job demands
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11199852 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jaap Oude Mulders (0000-0002-7583-1023, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, autor de correspondencia), Kène Henkens (0000-0002-3416-5191, University Medical Center Groningen), Yihao Liu (0000-0003-3270-9797, University of Florida), Joop Schippers (0000-0001-9549-5242, Utrecht University), Mo Wang (0000-0001-7004-3549, University of Florida) |
| Año | 2018 |
| Volumen | 38 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 839-864 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x16001343 |
| OpenAlex | W2567577650 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
| Referencias citadas | 61 |
Older job applicants are vulnerable to stereotype-related bias in the recruitment process. In the current study, we examined how managers’ job interview invitation decisions regarding older job applicants are influenced by applicants’ human capital-related characteristics, general economic conditions and managers’ perceptions of changes in organisational job demands. Data were collected in two waves of a vignette experiment, three years apart, among a sample of 211 Dutch managers from various organisations. Multi-level analysis showed that managers were more likely to invite older job applicants who had matching qualifications, were employed at the time of application and came with recommendations. In addition, managers’ propensity to invite older job applicants was higher in better economic conditions. The effects of recommendations were moderated by the general economic conditions and changes in organisational job demands, such that a recommendation from another employer was especially influential in bad economic conditions, while a recommendation from an internal employee was especially influential when job demands had increased. The results emphasise the importance of considering the organisational and economic context in understanding the recruitment of older workers. The findings also suggest that older workers, employers and policy makers should invest in older workers’ human capital to protect their employability
Business · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Employability · Human capital · Job analysis · Job attitude · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Matching (statistics) · Political science · Public relations · Sample (material) · Vignette · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology
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| Citas por año | 0,83 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
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