TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jones, James R.
AU  - Co, Catherine Y.
AU  - Harter, James K.
AU  - Yun, Myeong-Su
        TI  - Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions
        PY  - 2011/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5684
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5684
        AB  - We study how managers value applicant credentials and personal traits in hiring decisions. Using the ordered probit model, we confirm previous results – managers rank applicant traits higher than credentials. However, we also uncover patterns not previously observed – managerial valuations of some of these characteristics are dependent on managers' perception of the overall state of the economy, on firm and immediate workplace characteristics, and on managers' personal characteristics. Manager valuations of credentials vary with a large number of factors; this is not so for applicant personal traits. This is not surprising as most managers view the five traits considered "as extremely important."
        KW  - personality
KW  - credentials
KW  - hiring practices
KW  - ordered probit
        ER  -