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Corporate Social Performance and Attractiveness as an Employer to Different Job Seeking Populations

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This study investigates the hypothesis that the advantage corporate social performance (CSP) yields in attracting human resources depends on the degree of job choice possessed by the job seeking population. Results indicate that organizational CSP is positively related to employer attractiveness for job seekers with high levels of job choice but not related for populations with low levels suggesting advantages to firms with high levels of CSP in the ability to attract the most qualified employees.

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  1. Department of Business, Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, WI, 53097, U.S.A.

    Heather Schmidt Albinger

  2. School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 742, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, U.S.A.

    Sarah J. Freeman

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Albinger, H.S., Freeman, S.J. Corporate Social Performance and Attractiveness as an Employer to Different Job Seeking Populations. Journal of Business Ethics 28, 243–253 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006289817941

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