Compensation system attributes and applicant pool characteristics
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The relationship between compensation system attributes - pay level and the level and flexibility of benefits - and the number of applicants attracted to a job, the rate at which they accept the job, and the length of time it takes a firm to fill positions were examined using data on the process of hiring tellers from 352 U.S. banks. Pay level was positively related to acceptance rate as hypothesized, but was unrelated to the number of teller applicants. Opposite to prediction, pay level was positively related to the length of time it took banks to fill teller positions. Benefits wre not related to acceptance rate; however, some aspects of benefit programs were positively related to both number of applicants and the time it took to fill positions, and some were negatively related. The study of relationships between human resource practices and firm performance and the implications of the findings for compensation strategy and practice are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1992
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Influences of campus recruiting on applicant attraction to firms
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In the context of campus recruiting for organizational positions, this study examined the influences of recruiter behaviors and characteristics and interview focus and structure on applicants' attraction to firms. Recruiters and applicants completed surveys after campus interviews. We measured attraction to the firms as expectancy and valence perceptions. Results indicated that applicant perceptions of recruiter behaviors, especially the interest shown in candidates, had the strongest influence on attraction. In general, recruiters' reports of interview focus and structure were related to applicant perceptions of recruiter behavior, and interview focus was related to perceptions of the attractiveness of a job. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 1992
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