Open AccessPerceptions Of Unemployed Workers: Unemployment Duration, Volunteerism, And Age
Author(s) -
Ted H. Shore,
Armen Tashchian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v29i4.7909
Subject(s) - unemployment , volunteer work , perception , duration (music) , psychology , demographic economics , age discrimination , volunteer , work (physics) , social psychology , labour economics , economics , political science , public relations , economic growth , art , literature , neuroscience , agronomy , biology , mechanical engineering , engineering
This study investigated the effects of unemploymentduration, volunteerism and age on perceptions of unemployed job candidates. Anexperimental design was employed in which participants judged fictitiousresumes of unemployed candidates. Wefound that candidates unemployed for 18 months were viewed as less qualifiedand would be less likely to be interviewed and hired than those unemployed for6 or 12 months at all age levels (30, 40, 50) studied. Candidates who hadperformed volunteer work (career- or non-career-related) would be more likelyto be interviewed and hired than those who had not volunteered. Implications of the findings were discussed.