Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Although interviews are a widely used and popular selection technique, when they lack clear structure and a predetermined set of questions, bias can permeate the interview selection process. In particular, illegal interview questions (i.e., questions that cannot legally be asked, such as marital status or children) may be particularly threatening for female applicants. Justice and social identity theory were used to explain the applicant reactions to illegal interview questions in this study. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four hypothetical interview conditions – a control of four low face-valid interview questions, four non-gender relevant illegal interview questions, or four gender-relevant illegal interview questions. There was a significant gender by condition interaction on all outcome measures. Illegal interview questions had a significant negative effect on women’s organizational reactions (job pursuit intentions, organizational attractiveness, belonging, trust & comfort) but not on men’s organizational reactions. In contrast both women and men had significantly lower procedural justice perceptions of the gender-relevant illegal interview condition compared to the two other conditions. However, women perceived the illegal interview questions (both the gender relevant and gender non-relevant questions) as lower in face validity (i.e., were less relevant to the job), whereas men perceived all the interview questions as equally face-valid. Thus, although men believed the illegal interview questions were low in procedural justice and unfair, men still perceived these questions as valid and job-relevant. Overall, an indirect effect of procedural justice perceptions on organizational reactions was significant for both men and women, indicating that lower procedural justice did have a significant negative effect on applicants’ organizational reactions. Taken together, the following study demonstrates that illegal interview questions (both those related to gender and unrelated to gender) act as a social identity threat for women and harm women’s attraction to the organization, whereas men are primarily unaffected by these illegal interview questions in their reactions.

Over the past decade, the use of asynchronous video interviews (AVIs) has increased exponentially, largely spurred by ongoing technological progress and shifts to remote work. Although prior research shows interview design can influence applicant reactions, the effect of video interview design factors on interviewee reactions remains unclear. The present study determines the influence of AVI stimulus format (text-based vs. audio-visual questions) on applicant perceptions of social presence, fairness and organisational attractiveness. To this end, a between-subjects posttest-only experimental design was used in two separate samples (South African sample, N = 58; USA sample, N = 169, Combined samples, N = 227). Participants were randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group. Participants completed a mock interview on a commercially available AVI platform and then answered a questionnaire measuring perceptions of social presence, fairness, and organisational attractiveness. Bootstrapped independent sample t-tests and serial mediation were used to test the hypotheses. Within Sample 1, applicant perceptions of social presence, fairness and organisational attractiveness were higher for the audio-visual and text-based AVIs, thereby supporting the proposition that audio-visual stimuli lead to higher perceptions of social presence, fairness and organisational attractiveness. Conversely, Sample 2's findings were non-significant (p > .05). While there were mixed results, the findings of this study provide preliminary evidence which suggests that within the South African context, audio-visual stimuli can be used in AVIs. Organisations in the American context should pay close attention to the effects of AVI stimulus format on applicant reactions as the findings from the American sample were not conclusive. Future research should investigate applicant reactions to different forms of AVI stimulus during a multi-stage selection process

This thesis is focused on the methods for selecting employees in the recruitment and selection process of employees and their using in the recruitment and selection process of teachers in kindergartens. The aim of the theoretical part of this thesis is to describe these methods for selecting employees, include context of the whole recruitment and selection process of employees and to describe the methods for selecting employees in the recruitment and selection process of teachers in kindergartens. The aim of the practical part of this thesis is to discover and describe the methods for selecting employees that are used in kindergartens in The Capital City of Prague and The Central Bohemian Region based on quantitive research of questionnaire surveys. The research reports the used methods for selecting employees, the number of combined methods for selecting employees and used knowledge and skill tests in recruitment and selection of teachers in examined kindergartens. A secondary data analysis was made by comparing research data using the following parameters: public or non-public kindergartens, location of the kindergarten in The Capital City of Prague or The Central Bohemian Region, the size of the workplace, the orientation of the kindergartens and the number of applicants. The results indicate...

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Anotation: This work is dedicated to substitutional family care, especially adoption. It engages in comparation of institutional and family care, motivation for being parents, types of substitutional family care, adoption, its history, types, biological an psychological points of view and other aspects. The main subject is the process of endorsement of applicants for adoption that is compulsory for all applicants who decided to adopt a child. I analyzed the whole process and its particular parts. In the research I made an analyzis of experience of the applicants with this process. The last part of the work includes profiles of six families that show differences of the applicants and their family background.

The migration to Sweden has increased in the last few years and in order to diminishsegregation and unemployment among the population, it has been a prioritized matterto help the migrants to enter the Swedish labour market. Employers that set languagerequirements when recruiting can reduce the possibility for a person with a differentethnical background to obtain employment. These language requirements can beappropriate and necessary to achieve a legitimate purpose. This study aims toinvestigate in which cases the employer has the right to set a language requirementand in which circumstances setting the requirement is discriminatory on grounds ofethnicity. In order to answer the research question, a legal dogmatic method has beenused.The investigation indicates that the court judge discrimination on grounds of ethnicityvery restrictively and in some cases fails to enforce the law correctly. Employersseem to evade sanctions easily, for example by implying that the decision is based onthe applicant’s personal qualities. This could be a reason why there are only a fewcases taken to the court.

This work is focused at the unemployment analysis in Prachatice and Čestký Krumlov districts in 2010 and considering of the locality impact on active labour market policy efficiency. The work should provide comprehensive view of ways and possibilities to solve unemployment at local labour markets. It should examine suitability of used tools of active labour market policy for particular groups of job applicants and confirm their importance for unemployment cutting, mainly at monitored groups of job applicants which are most endangered in labour market.

The thesis has been divided into two parts. In the theoretical part, I use literature to describe the social situation of disabled applicants for international protection in the residential center Refugee Facilities Administration and social situation of disabled applicants for international protection of residents' private addresses. In the practical part, I examined health and social status of applicants for international protection of living in residential centers and those living in private. This objective has been met. I mapped and compared the health and social status of applicants for international protection of living in residential centers and those living in private. I managed to map out what the needs are undermined international protection seekers living in the residential center Refugee Facilities Administration Kostelec nad Orlici and what the needs are undermined international protection seekers living at a private address in Brno. The research showed that they have undermined all the needs. Applicants for international protection, living in residential centers Kostelec nad Orlici have disrupted all needs, including spiritual needs. Applicants for international protection of privacy living in Brno are also disturbed by all the needs, but in addition to spiritual needs.

The active employment policy belongs to main means solving problems of unemployment. This dissertation concentrates on active employment policy and analyses it by an example of Ústí region. Its main aim is to determine whether the implements used in active employment policy are purposeful and effective in decreasing of unemployment rate in Ústí region, using methods of induction and abstraction,analysis of statistical data. The dissertatioun evaluates the period after 2000. The dissertation is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part describes labour market, unemployment and employment policy. There are described other implements used to fight the unemployment in some European countries. There is a description of European social fund that gives the financial support to some implements and projects concerning active employment policy. In the analytical part there is a brief socioeconomical analysis of Ústí region, and the analysis of unemployment describing its developmemt since 1990s in Ústí region and in the Czech Republic. The structure of applicants for job is described out of various viewpoints. On the basis of these data we find out which groups of people have the greatest participation in unemployment and should be the target group of active employment policy. The main part of the dissertation is the analysis of active employment policy, its financing, analysis of implements and some completed projects that had been concentrated on threatened groups of job applicants. On the basis of these results we try to say whether the active employment policy in Ústí region has an effect on decreasing the number of unemployed. At the end there are some suggestions and possible solutions of the problem in Ústí region in following years.

This thesis deals with the theme of unemployment in the district Jihlava. It focuses mainly on vulnerable groups of jobs seekers who have limited entry to the open labor market. It analyzes the current situation and proposes solutions and forms of action, under which should lead to a reduction in the unemployment rathe of these risk groups in the district Jihlava.