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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Avoiding Labor Shortages by Employer Signaling: On the Importance of Good Work Climate and Labor Relations |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Industrial & Labor Relations Review |
| Publisher | Cornell University IRL School |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0019-7939 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Number | 2 |
| Page Range | 271 - 286 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Abstract Text | Reversing the original signaling model, this study explains how employers signal the non-observable quality of their workplace and thereby reduce labor shortages. Based on a company data set of 204 German firms, the authors find, as predicted by their theory, that the existence of a works council, an apprenticeship training program, and a high-quality incumbent workforce significantly improves recruitment success because they all reliably signal appealing work places. At the same time, frequent hiring of workers with non-matching qualifications reduces recruitment success because it signals low-quality workplaces. The authors’ research reveals that certain aspects of labor relations and workplace characteristics exert a significant impact on recruitment success, which cannot be explained by conventional theoretical arguments. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1177/001979391006300205 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:725 |
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