Nonemployment stigma as rational herding: A field experiment

Oberholzer‐Gee, Felix

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2004.05.008

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“…Humour indeed can be perceived as offensive in certain cases (Beard, 2008), and "unemployed" is a negatively charged social category that can stigmatise individuals (Kulik, 2000;Oberholzer-Gee, 2008). Thus, when conducting studies related to humour in a recruitment advertising context, ethical aspects are worth remembering.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Personality or skill: a qualitative study of humorous recruitment advertising campaign on social media

Oikarinen

Sinisalo

2017

IJIMA

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to understand the challenges and opportunities of using humour in a recruitment advertising campaign. In this study, we approach through a case study the social media recruiting campaign of a high-profile company operating in the architecture industry. The campaign used humour as a device when seeking the right person. The main empirical data were collected through a qualitative open-ended questionnaire targeted at 28 potential job seekers at the architect firm to understand how the humorous recruitment campaign and recruitment ads were perceived by potential job seekers. In addition, an interview with the office manager regarding the goals of the recruitment advertising campaign was conducted, and statistics provided by Facebook and Google Analytics were interpreted. This study provides managers a new understanding of and suggestions regarding the challenges and opportunities of using humour as a marketing device in recruitment advertising campaigns.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality or skill: a qualitative study of humorous recruitment advertising campaign on social media

Oikarinen

Sinisalo

2017

IJIMA

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“…A direct approach to investigating stigma effects is adopted by Blau and Robins (1990) and Oberholzer-Gee (2007). Comparing job search outcomes for employed and unemployed workers, Blau and Robins (1990) observe that the actual job offer rate per application is greater for employed searchers than for unemployed searchers.…”

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Unemployment persistence: Is there evidence for stigma effects?

Biewen

Steffes

2010

Economics Letters

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp08057.pdf The hypothesis underlying our empirical approach is that the stigma of unemployment is low when aggregate unemployment is high, as in this case, individual unemployment is not a strong signal for lower individual productivity. We use data from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) to estimate the probability of being unemployed conditional on the employment state of the previous period (the state dependence effect) and other covariates using a dynamic, correlated random effects model.Our results show that positive deviations of the unemployment rate from its trend are indeed associated with a significantly lower level of state dependence. Overall, we conclude that stigmatization is one explanation for state dependence in individual's employment histories and thus contributes to the explanation of high and persistent rates of long-term unemployment in Germany. Das Wichtigste in KürzeIn Abstract. We present evidence for a highly significant interaction between state dependence in individual unemployment risk and the business cycle. The disadvantage from having been unemployed in the previous period is smaller in times of relatively high unemployment and larger in times of low unemployment. This is consistent with the existence of stigma effects in the sense that unemployed individuals face difficulties finding a new job because employers interpret unemployment as a negative signal and do so especially when it is easier to find jobs, i.e. when unemployment is low.JEL-Classification: J64, J65, C23

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“…Hirshleifer and Teoh (2003) provide a comprehensive review of herd behaviour in capital markets. In the labour market context, hiring decisions and the duration dependence of unemployment can be explained by rational herding (see Kübler and Weizsäcker, 2003;Oberholzer-Gee, 2008). Other examples of rational herding are strategic business decisions like product choice decisions and location choices for bank branches (Bikhchandani et al, 1998).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%