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Effect of Prejudice and References on Employee Selection Process: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

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  • Abdul Waheed
  • Jianhua Yang

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Hiring is likely a more critical process for an organization, which might be possible through distinct procedures. Simultaneously, employee selection process has vital importance in which organizations adopt numerous methods and techniques to assess the dynamic individual. Many researchers have claimed that there are diverse factors that affect the employee selection process. Despite, this study investigates the effect of prejudice and references on the employee selection process within the context of banking sector in Pakistan. To this end, primary data were collected through questionnaire distribution among 400 human resource managers of all levels, that is, top, middle and first-line managers within the period of October 2015 to May 2016. Subsequently, 310 surveys were acquired for final analysis that indicates 78 per cent accuracy in the response rate. Furthermore, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) techniques were applied to research findings using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS. 20.0). It is revealed that prejudice (P) and reference (R) have a significant correlation on the employee selection process. However, the levels of intensity are quite different in each sub-attribute as thereafter demonstrated hierarchically. Finally, our research proposes few future studies for the research scholars and practitioners.

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  • Abdul Waheed & Jianhua Yang, 2019. "Effect of Prejudice and References on Employee Selection Process: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 20(6), pages 1344-1360, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:globus:v:20:y:2019:i:6:p:1344-1360
    DOI: 10.1177/0972150919848904
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