Missing Links: Referrer Behavior and Job Segregation

How does referral recruitment contribute to job segregation, and what can organizations do about it? Current theory on network effects in the labor market emphasizes the job-seeker perspective, focusing on the segregated nature of job-seekers’ information and contact networks, and leaves little ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rubineau, Brian, Fernandez, Roberto M.
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management; Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66932