Recruiting

Citizens' Expectations vs. Recruitment Signals: Are Public Administrations Trying to Attract the Ideal Public Servant?

Job advertisements play a crucial role in attracting applicants, yet little is known about how closely they reflect the values citizens expect from public servants. Drawing on signaling theory and prior research on citizens' normative expectations of …

From Wording to Workforce: Gendered Language in Public Job Advertisements Shapes Gender Diversity in Applicant Pools

Gender imbalance in public sector hiring remains a persistent concern, yet research often overlooks how job advertisement features influence applicant self-selection. Thus, we focus on gender sorting in the public labor market, a mechanism …

Signale bewusst gesendet? Stellenanzeigen und ihre Wirkung

Motivational signals in public sector job advertisements and how they relate to attracting and hiring candidates

This study examines how motivational signals in job advertisements relate to public employers’ recruitment success, testing hypotheses derived from signalling theory and person – environment fit theory. We combine job advertisements collected via web …

Effektivität von Stellenanzeigen im öffentlichen Sektor: Ergebnisbericht

Die öffentliche Verwaltung in Deutschland ist mit der Herausforderung konfrontiert, in einem stark umkämpften Arbeitsmarkt eine zunehmende Zahl von Fachkräften rekrutieren zu müssen. Die Veröffentlichung von Stellenanzeigen stellt ein zentrales …