Being Acquainted with the Employer in Slovenia: Yes-For Employment, No-For Promotion

Marko Ferjan, Tomaž Kern and Goran Vukovič

Prague Economic Papers, 2004, vol. 2004, issue 1, 55-66

Abstract: The fundamental question which we deal with in this paper is: from which sources do organizations in Slovenia most frequently obtain new staff. We questioned 1,075 people who are employed. We discovered that more than 40 % of them became employed through personal contacts. This means that they know someone at the organization they are employed in. This type of employment procedure is not typical in the contemporary world. It was established that those who became employed because of personal contacts are not promoted any faster than those who became employed by normal application procedures. Therefore, the method of recruiting does not influence promotion.

Keywords: unemployment; human resources management; recruiting; promotion; career (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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