Modes of Discrimination in the Recruitment Process: Formalisation, Fairness and Efficiency
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 43-63
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038586020001005
Abstract
Equal opportunities policies, and other programmes for the elimination of racial and sexual discrimination at work, frequently place great store by the formalisation of the recruitment process. This article suggests that such recommendations fail to take account of the nature of recruitment to most occupations. This point is developed by the presentation of both a typology of modes of discrimination in the recruitment process and an empirical case study.Keywords
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