@techreport{1129a40aef674de5867afc75fc4253df,
title = "Do recruiters select workers with different personality traits for different tasks? A discrete choice experiment",
abstract = "This paper explores whether firms recruit workers with different personality traits for different tasks. For our analysis, we used data from a discrete choice experiment conducted among recruiters of 634 firms in Germany. Recruiters were asked to choose between job applicants who differed in seven aspects: professional competence, the {\textquoteleft}big five{\textquoteright} personality traits and the prospective wage level. We found that all personality traits affect the hiring probability of the job applicant; among them, conscientiousness and agreeableness have the strongest effects. However, recruiters{\textquoteright} preferences differed for different job tasks. For analytical tasks, recruiters prefer more open and conscientious applicants, whereas they favour more open, extraverted, and agreeable workers for interactive tasks.",
keywords = "recruitment, personality traits, tasks, discrete choice experiment",
author = "Caroline Wehner and {de Grip}, Andries and Harald Pfeifer",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "21",
doi = "10.26481/umagsb.2020035",
language = "English",
series = "GSBE Research Memoranda",
publisher = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
number = "035",
address = "Netherlands",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
}