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Frequent Job Changes can Signal Poor Work Attitude and Reduce Employability
Journal of the European Economic Association ( IF 4.301 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-13 , DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvaa017
Alain Cohn 1 , Michel André Maréchal 2 , Frédéric Schneider 3 , Roberto A Weber 2
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Abstract
We study whether employment history provides information about a worker’s “work attitude”, that is, the tendency to act cooperatively and reliably in the workplace. We conjecture that, holding all else equal, frequent job changes can indicate poor work attitude and that this information is transmitted through employment histories. We find support for this hypothesis across three studies that employ complementary laboratory, field, and survey experiments, as well as in labor market panel data. First, a tightly controlled laboratory labor market experiment demonstrates that prior employment information allows employers to screen for reliable and cooperative workers and that these workers obtain better employment outcomes. Secondly, we conduct a field experiment that varies the frequency of job changes in applicants’ resumes and find that those with fewer job changes receive substantially more callbacks from prospective employers. Thirdly, a survey experiment with human resources professionals confirms that the resume manipulations in the field study create different perceptions of work attitude and that these largely account for the callback differences. Finally, we find evidence consistent with our hypothesized relationships in empirical labor market data. Our work highlights the potential importance of job history as a signal of work attitude in labor markets, and points to a potential cost of frequent job changes.


中文翻译:

频繁的工作变动可能表明工作态度不佳并降低了就业能力

摘要
我们研究就业史是否提供有关工人“工作态度”的信息,即在工作场所合作和可靠地行动的趋势。我们推测,在其他所有条件相同的情况下,频繁的工作变动可能表明工作态度不良,并且该信息是通过就业历史传播的。我们在三项采用补充实验室,实地和调查实验以及劳动力市场面板数据的研究中找到了支持这一假设的方法。首先,严格控制的实验室劳动力市场实验表明,先前的雇佣信息可以使雇主筛选出可靠且合作的工人,并且这些工人可以获得更好的就业成果。其次,我们进行了现场实验,改变了求职者简历中工作变动的频率,发现工作变动较少的人会收到更多来自潜在雇主的回拨。第三,对人力资源专业人士进行的一项调查实验证实,实地研究中的简历操作产生了对工作态度的不同理解,并且这些很大程度上解释了回拨的差异。最后,我们在经验劳动力市场数据中发现了与我们假设的关系相符的证据。我们的工作凸显了工作经历作为劳动力市场工作态度信号的潜在重要性,并指出了频繁更换工作的潜在成本。对人力资源专业人士进行的一项调查实验证实,现场研究中的简历操作产生了对工作态度的不同理解,并且这些很大程度上解释了回拨的差异。最后,我们在经验劳动力市场数据中发现了与我们假设的关系相符的证据。我们的工作强调了工作经历作为劳动力市场工作态度信号的潜在重要性,并指出了频繁更换工作的潜在成本。对人力资源专业人士进行的一项调查实验证实,现场研究中的简历操作产生了对工作态度的不同理解,并且这些很大程度上解释了回拨的差异。最后,我们在经验劳动力市场数据中发现了与我们假设的关系相符的证据。我们的工作强调了工作经历作为劳动力市场工作态度信号的潜在重要性,并指出了频繁更换工作的潜在成本。
更新日期:2020-05-13
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