The Relationship between Recruiting Source, Applicant Quality, and Hire Performance: An Analysis by Sex, Ethnicity, and Age.

Kirnan, Jean Powell; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ398740

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Relationship between Recruiting Source, Applicant Quality, and Hire Performance: An Analysis by Sex, Ethnicity, and Age.

Kirnan, Jean Powell; And Others

Personnel Psychology, v42 n2 p293-308 Sum 1989

Investigated the relationship between the recruiting source, applicant quality, and hire performance for an applicant pool and its resulting class of new hires for the position of insurance agent processed by a major insurance company in 1981. Differences in applicant quality and new hire survival were found in favor of the informal recruiting sources. (TE)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Competitive Selection, Employment Qualifications, Ethnicity, Insurance Occupations, Job Applicants, Job Performance, Personnel Management, Personnel Selection, Recruitment, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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