The demand side of hiring : employers in the labor market

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dc.contributor.authorBILLS, David B.
dc.contributor.authorDI STASIO, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorGËRXHANI, Klarita
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-28T13:14:14Z
dc.date.available2018-11-28T13:14:14Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSociological research on labor markets has focused most of its attention on the supply side of the labor market, that is, the characteristics of job seekers and job incumbents. Despite its pivotal and we believe primary role in labor market processes, the demand side, in particular the hiring decisions made by employers, has received less attention. The employment relationship, however, comprises both the demand and supply sides, as well as the matching processes that bring these together. We consider the sociology of the demand side by considering three sources of information (human, social, and cultural capital) that employers charged with making hiring decisions seek out, as well as the mechanisms associated with each source. We conceptualize employers as active agents whose hiring behavior is both constrained and enabled by larger social, organizational, and institutional contexts. We call for a program of research that will lead to a fuller empirical and theoretical understanding of employer hiring behavior and its place in the stratifying of labor markets.
dc.identifier.citationAnnual review of sociology, 2017, Vol. 43, pp. 291-310
dc.identifier.doi10.1146/annurev-soc-081715-074255
dc.identifier.endpage310
dc.identifier.isbn9780824322434
dc.identifier.issn0360-0572
dc.identifier.startpage291
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/59746
dc.identifier.volume43
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dc.orcid.putcode1814/79195:56353234
dc.publisherAnnual Reviewsen
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dc.titleThe demand side of hiring : employers in the labor market
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