2018/12/22 by Jasper J. Hotho, Dana Minbaeva, Maral Muratbekova‐Touron +1 · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Culture, Economy, and Development Studies #Business ethics #Coping (psychology) #Clan #Social psychology #Perspective (graphical) #Interpersonal ties #Psychology #Public relations #Business #Sociology #Political science
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openalex publication_date 2018/12/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We examine how recruiting managers cope with communal norms and expectations of favoritism during recruitment and selection processes. Combining insights from institutional theory and network research, we develop a communal perspective on favoritism that presents favoritism as a social expectation to be managed. We subsequently hypothesize that the communal ties between job applicants and managers affect the strategies that managers employ to cope with this expectation. We test these ideas using a factorial survey of the effects of clan ties on recruitment and selection processes in Kazakhstan. The results confirm communal ties as antecedents to the strategies managers use to cope with communal favoritism. Surprisingly, the results also show that these coping strategies are relatively decoupled from managers’ recruitment decisions. The findings contribute to favoritism research by drawing attention to the mitigating work of managers in societies in which favoritism is common.