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SUMMARY:Frequent job changes can signal poor work attitude and reduce empl
 oyability - Dr Frédéric-Guillaume Schneider
DTSTART:20200211T131000Z
DTEND:20200211T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Nanna K L Kaalund
DESCRIPTION:We study whether employment history provides information about
  a worker’s “work attitude\,” i.e.\, the tendency to act cooperative
 ly and reliably in the workplace. We conjecture that\, holding all else eq
 ual\, frequent job changes can indicate poor work attitude and that this i
 nformation is transmitted through employment histories. We find support fo
 r this hypothesis across three studies that employ complementary lab\, fie
 ld\, and survey experiments\, as well as in labor market panel data. First
 \, a tightly controlled laboratory labor market experiment demonstrates th
 at prior employment information allows employers to screen for reliable an
 d cooperative workers and that these workers obtain better employment outc
 omes. Second\, we conduct a field experiment that varies the frequency of 
 job changes in applicants’ resumes and find that those with fewer job ch
 anges receive substantially more callbacks from prospective employers. Thi
 rd\, a survey experiment with Human Resources professionals confirms that 
 the resume manipulations in the field study create different perceptions o
 f work attitude and that these largely account for the callback difference
 s. Finally\, we find evidence consistent with our hypothesized relationshi
 ps in empirical labor market data. Our work highlights the potential impor
 tance of job history as a signal of work attitude in labor markets\, and p
 oints to a potential cost of frequent job changes
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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