Job vacancies and personnel policy in establishments - A supplementary survey on applicant selection

Abstract

"The online survey 'Job Vacancies and Personnel Policy in Establishments - A Supplementary Survey on Applicant Selection' aims to investigate how a company's decision to fill vacancies is influenced by the applicants' individual characteristics on the one hand and by how the significance of these individual characteristics differs between professions on the other. The factorial survey design (vignette survey) was used for this purpose. It is particularly well suited for analyses set to determine the significance of individual determinants and their interactions. Below, we will first detail the online survey design including the selection of the dimensions at the vignette level and at the professional level. The focus is on the technical implementation of the vignette module in the questionnaire. Afterwards, the sampling of the companies and the surveying procedure are documented. Subsequently, we describe analyses of the sample response rate and selectivity of the participants as well as the calculation of the resulting weighting factors. This is followed by data quality analyses. The Appendix giving a detailed specification of the materials used is provided only in the German version of this documentation. The questionnaire in German language is part of a separate Appendix" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Vicari, B. & Zmugg, H. (2016): Job vacancies and personnel policy in establishments - A supplementary survey on applicant selection. Survey design, survey process and data quality analyses. (FDZ-Methodenreport 13/2015 (en)), Nürnberg, 38 p.