TITLE:
The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility in Recruitment: Between Saying and Doing
AUTHORS:
Mary B. Frambo, Hans Kok, Bruno Fon
KEYWORDS:
Corporate Responsibility, Human Resource, Management, Human Resource Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Recruitment & Selection, Performance Appraisal System, Stakeholders
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.9 No.4,
December
16,
2021
ABSTRACT: This paper represents a study on the relation between Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) and recruitment. A survey was conducted among HRM staff
investigating attitude and practices in recruitment for middle and higher
management, in relation to CSR. Concomitantly, texts of job advertisements for
middle and higher management positions were analyzed for mentions of
CSR-related terms in the job description, job requirements and company self-description. The survey results show that HRM staff considers CSR important in all aspects of
job recruitment. However, the analysis of job advertisements shows very little attention for CSR, except in the company
self-description related to equal opportunities and diversity. The HRM staff
survey shows that HRM staff finds CSR more relevant for higher than for middle management
positions. However, in the job advertisements, there was little difference
between middle and higher management in this respect.