Does Leadership on the Field Get You Noticed Off It?: The Value of Varsity Sports to Corporate Recruiters
| Autor: | Allison J. Tracy, Sumru Erkut, Laura Pappano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Amateur sports Value (ethics) 0303 health sciences biology Athletes Field (Bourdieu) education Applied psychology 0402 animal and dairy science Context (language use) 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science film.subject 03 medical and health sciences Critical thinking film Organizational skills Psychology 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Amateur Sport. 6:100-124 |
| ISSN: | 2372-8078 |
| Popis: | An online correspondence study was conducted to explore whether professional recruiters screening candidates for entry-level corporate jobs would view leadership skills acquired through high level participation in amateur sports at the collegiate varsity level more favorably than those acquired through non-sports activities. The experimental manipulation randomly varied candidates’ athletic v. non-athletic leadership experience at university, their gender, and race. Eight hundred and twenty-eight corporate recruiters rated four potential candidate profiles on four of eight job-relevant leadership traits/skills they valued most when assessing a candidate and ranked the candidates for a callback interview. Varsity athletes were rated higher than non-athletes on the ability to work in a team and on being results-driven. However, recruiters rated athletes lower in critical thinking, follow-through on tasks, and organizational skills. Overall, athletes were no more likely than non-athlete candidates to be selected for a first interview. Results are interpreted in the context of signaling theory. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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