TY - JOUR
T1 - Unemployed Needn’t Apply
T2 - Unemployment Status, Legislation, and Interview Requests
AU - Trzebiatowski, Tiffany M.
AU - Wanberg, Connie R.
AU - Dossinger, Karyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - This research investigates whether and when a job applicant’s unemployment status (i.e., employed, short-term unemployed, or long-term unemployed) affects the probability of receiving an interview request by examining interview request rates in the presence of versus absence of unemployment status antidiscrimination legislation. In response to 3,335 fictitious resumes sent to 1,237 online job postings in Los Angeles and New York City, we received an overall interview request rate of 10.37. Long-term unemployed applicants were less likely to receive an interview request than short-term unemployed applicants in Los Angeles but not in New York City, which has unemployment status antidiscrimination legislation. These findings are supplemented with self-report survey data about perceptions of the unemployed from 200 hiring personnel in New York City and Los Angeles. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed for the unemployment, job search, and selection literatures.
AB - This research investigates whether and when a job applicant’s unemployment status (i.e., employed, short-term unemployed, or long-term unemployed) affects the probability of receiving an interview request by examining interview request rates in the presence of versus absence of unemployment status antidiscrimination legislation. In response to 3,335 fictitious resumes sent to 1,237 online job postings in Los Angeles and New York City, we received an overall interview request rate of 10.37. Long-term unemployed applicants were less likely to receive an interview request than short-term unemployed applicants in Los Angeles but not in New York City, which has unemployment status antidiscrimination legislation. These findings are supplemented with self-report survey data about perceptions of the unemployed from 200 hiring personnel in New York City and Los Angeles. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed for the unemployment, job search, and selection literatures.
KW - interviews
KW - job search
KW - legal issues and employment law
KW - selection
KW - unemployment discrimination
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U2 - 10.1177/0149206318823952
DO - 10.1177/0149206318823952
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060622618
SN - 0149-2063
VL - 46
SP - 1380
EP - 1407
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
IS - 8
ER -