Willingness to Relocate for Employment

A Survey of Hispanics, Non-Hispanic Whites, and Blacks

Bibliographic Data

ID6064538
AuthorsJack E Edwards, Jack Edwards, Paul Rosenfeld (0000-0002-2483-3862), Patricia J Thomas, Marie D Thomas (Women and Multicultural Research Office, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center)
Year1993
Volume15
Issue1
Pages121-133
Publication date1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07399863930151007
OpenAlexW2155372618
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Hispanics are underrepresented in many public-and private-sector organizations. This underrepresentation has led to calls for intensified targeted recruiting of Hispanics. The success of such recruiting efforts partially depends on the degree to which Hispanics are willing to relocatefor employment. The present study compared the geographic mobility of Hispanics (N = 704), non-Hispanic Whites (N = 525), and Blacks (N = 149). Persons who were applying for civil service jobs or taking civil service examinations in Corpus Christi Texas, completed a survey that assessed their likelihood of moving for employment. The results showed that Hispanics were as willing as Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites to relocate if incentives were high or the new employment areas had high Hispanic concentrations. If the new employment area did not have a high percentage of Hispanics, then Hispanics frequently indicated significantly less intention to move than did non-Hispanic Whites

Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Incentive · Mexican americans · Non-Hispanic whites · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Gerontology

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