Personality Over Performance: Redefining Employability Through Recruitment in Early 2000s Istanbul

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Ebru Işıklı: University College Dublin

No afe52, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: This article examines why personality, rather than credentials, became a key performance indicator in Turkey’s labor market during the early 2000s. The study draws on interview data from recruitment specialists in Istanbul. It addresses a theoretical gap by challenging existing explanations, which typically argue that behavior is either a requirement for client-facing roles in the service sector or a signal of cultural capital to secure desirable jobs. The findings show that demand for specific behaviors has expanded beyond service sector, positioning behavior as a key performance indicator across the labor market for labor control.

Date: 2024-11-15
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/afe52

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