SOC355H1 Chapter Notes -Retail Banking, Social Stratification, Absenteeism
Document Summary
Sifting and sorting: personal contacts and hiring in a retail. Study analyzes use of personal contacts in various stages of the hiring process. Focused on a single large retail bank- empirical tests on various roles each contact plays in each stage. Looks at selection bias on each level as well, and how employee referrals assist in the recruitment and job-hiring phase. Focus on theoretical mechanisms by which social ties may affect hiring process. Found evidence that social contacts favorably influence the composition of the pool of job candidates through referrals. Personal contacts help prepare an individual with information about the organizational screening process. Also referral applicants are more likely than non-referral applicants to apply when market conditions are more favorable. Previous notion: social stratification theory implies one"s background resources (class and education) translate to income and occupational status. This study focuses more on labor market as a determinant of inequality (industry, structure, class, or firm)
