With the rapid business expansion in China, multinational logistics companies are desperately in need of local management personnel to staff new offices and routes. This has been a major challenge for multinational logistics enterprises, as finding qualified candidates, recruiting them, and retaining them in China have proven to be harder than expected. Based on a set of interviews with executi…
The purpose of this paper is to explore a potential mechanism through which gender segregation in the engineering profession is created and sustained. Specifically, boundary spanners for women and men were examined because they may be a source of valuable information to job seekers.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate employers’ recruitment strategies to address distinct job-related agency problems before establishing an employment relationship. Insights from agency theory and the social embeddedness perspective are combined to hypothesize whether and why employers adapt their recruitment strategies to the job type (differing in level of discretion) for which the…
The purpose of this paper is to observe how the Euro Car Parts (ECP) academy is helping the expanding business to recruit trained and willing employees.
Reports the results of a survey of 41 US third‐party logistics (3PL) firm practices for hiring entry‐level managers. Reveals the recruiting, selection, and compensation methods used for 96 different positions and related compensation data (e.g. mean starting salary = US$34,358). Recommends that 3PL firms use the information to benchmark current practices and offers specific ideas to impro…
This paper explores a paradox in the Australian labour market namely that ageing workforces and significant skills shortages in certain sectors are juxtaposed with rising youth unemployment. According to one dominant view these two social issues are interrelated with young workers being ‘crowded out’ by their older colleagues who are delaying retirement. In this study, we consider the stren…
The purpose of the paper is to investigate if, and to what degree, social media are used for the recruitment of global supply chain managers.