Do firms with works councils prefer agreeable job applicants? A discrete choice experiment
通过离散选择实验发现，有企业职工委员会的公司招聘者更偏好随和的求职者，且招聘者自身的随和性也会影响其选择，存在相似吸引效应。
Abstract Works councils in many countries are involved in dismissal procedures and may therefore invoke high hold‐up costs for firms laying off workers. To avoid these conflicts, firms with a works council may have a stronger preference for more agreeable job applicants who have a low risk of dismissal. We conduct a discrete choice experiment among recruiters to assess their preferences regarding job applicants' personality traits and competence. In line with our expectations, we find that recruiters from works‐council firms more strongly prefer agreeable job applicants. We also find that more agreeable recruiters choose more agreeable employees, indicating a similarity‐attraction effect.