Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: In this article we highlight five tensions that exist in recruitment and selection (R&S) research and practice today and that are centered around the ‘efficiency press’ and so called ‘research–practice’ gap. Identified tensions are desires for (1) innovation and efficiency, (2) customization and consistency, (3) transparency and effectiveness, (4) wide‐reach and coherence, and (5) diversity and standardization. Each tension is illustrated with findings from the five studies of this Special Issue that were presented at the third meeting of the European Network of Selection Researchers (August 2014), and supplemented with empirical data on the research–practice gap in R&S (period 2009–2013). We consider how we might move forward in addressing the ‘efficiency press’ in research as well as managing these tensions in practice.
DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12129
Authors: Ann Marie Ryan, Eva Derous
Institutions: Michigan State University, Ghent University
Language: English
Topic: Employer Branding and e-HRM
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2279667188