TY - UNPB
T1 - Do recruiters select workers with different personality traits for different tasks? A discrete choice experiment
AU - Wehner, Caroline
AU - de Grip, Andries
AU - Pfeifer, H.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper explores whether firms recruit workers with different personality traits for different tasks. For our analysis, we used data from a discrete choice experiment conducted among recruiters of 634 firms in Germany. Recruiters were asked to choose between job applicants who differed in seven aspects: professional competence, the 'big five' personality traits and the prospective wage level. We found that all personality traits affect the hiring probability of the job applicant; among them, conscientiousness and agreeableness have the strongest effects. However, recruiters' preferences differed for different job tasks. For analytical tasks, recruiters prefer more open and conscientious applicants, whereas they favour more open, extraverted, and agreeable workers for interactive tasks.
AB - This paper explores whether firms recruit workers with different personality traits for different tasks. For our analysis, we used data from a discrete choice experiment conducted among recruiters of 634 firms in Germany. Recruiters were asked to choose between job applicants who differed in seven aspects: professional competence, the 'big five' personality traits and the prospective wage level. We found that all personality traits affect the hiring probability of the job applicant; among them, conscientiousness and agreeableness have the strongest effects. However, recruiters' preferences differed for different job tasks. For analytical tasks, recruiters prefer more open and conscientious applicants, whereas they favour more open, extraverted, and agreeable workers for interactive tasks.
KW - recruitment
KW - personality traits
KW - tasks
KW - discrete choice experiment
M3 - Discussion paper
T3 - IZA Discussion Paper Series
BT - Do recruiters select workers with different personality traits for different tasks? A discrete choice experiment
PB - IZA
CY - Bonn
ER -