Getting a foot in the door: How organisational characteristics shape recruitment decisions in the dual apprenticeship system.

Autor/in	Protsch, Paula
Titel	Getting a foot in the door: How organisational characteristics shape recruitment decisions in the dual apprenticeship system. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einen Fuß in die Tür bekommen: Wir Merkmale von Organisationen die Bewerberauswahl im dualen Ausbildungssystem beeinflussen.
Quelle	In: Journal of education and work, 30 (2017) 6, S. 585-598Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080; 1469-9435
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2017.1292029
Schlagwörter	Öffentlicher Dienst; Schulleistung; Privatwirtschaft; Betriebsgröße; Branche; Ausbildungsbetrieb; Schulleistung; Betriebsgröße; Branche; Privatwirtschaft; Ausbildungsbetrieb; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Bewerberauswahl; Öffentlicher Dienst; Ausbildungsplatzbewerber
Abstract	"Employers' recruitment behaviour in entry labour markets is central for young people's transitions from school to work. Whereas previous research has focused on the effects of specific applicant characteristics, I concentrate on how organisational characteristics, namely organisation size and private or public sector affiliation, relate to selection decisions in the dual apprenticeship system in Germany which is a major entry labour market. Following organisational and institutional theory, I expect early selection stages to be more open at larger and public organisations in contrast to smaller private organisations. I also investigate how different organisations respond to school grades as applicants' signals of skills. I use field experiment data combining organisational-level and applicant-level data to analyse how actual employer responses to written applications by fictitious young people vary with organisation type. The results indicate that, net of applicant characteristics and occupation-specific practices, applications are more likely to receive an invitation to a follow-up selection stage if submitted to larger organisations, and especially larger public organisations, rather than to smaller private organisations. This finding extends to applicants with poorer school grades. Public sector affiliation, however, did not seem to matter much within the group of smaller organisations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/4