The Effects of Recruiting Source and Employee Demographic Similarity on Employee Outcomes: Is Recruiting Source Merely a Proxy for Employee Demographic Similarity

Research on recruiting sources has found that the use of employee referrals is positively related to employee tenure and performance. However, it is unclear whether a relationship exists between recruiting source used and applicant gender and race. Research has also found that organizational demographic composition affects employee turnover and performance. This study analyzes data, on several thousand employees of a U.S. based, products and service company, to investigate whether (1) there are systematic differences in recruiting source use across gender and race, (2) those differences explain differences in post-hire outcomes, and (3) the relationships between recruiting source use and gender and race, and recruiting source use and post-hire outcomes are influenced by organizational demographic composition. I do not find systematic differences in recruiting source across gender and race. I do find evidence that organizational demographic composition influences the relationships between (1) gender-race and recruiting source use, and (2) recruiting source use and post-hire outcomes. However, the relationships are not the same across gender and race.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Labor and Industrial Relations

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Taber, Mary Elizabeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wallace E. Hendricks

• Sociology, Demography

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9953154

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87492