Event Title
Poster: Racial Differences in College Student Job Attribute Preferences: The Role of Ethnic Identity and Self-Efficacy
Location
Moakley Atrium
Start Time
13-5-2015 4:00 PM
End Time
13-5-2015 5:00 PM
Description
The present study examines perceptions of job attribute preferences among Caucasian and African American business undergraduate students. It is argued that there will be significant differences in job attribute preferences when compared by race, and that these differences can be explained by the consideration of ethnic identity. Furthermore, it also argued that the relationship between ethnic identity and job attribute preferences is influenced by a respondent’s level of self-efficacy, such that respondents with higher levels of efficacy placed greater emphasis on job attributes than those with lower levels of efficacy. The data also suggest there are significant differences in 19 of 21 job attribute preferences when compared by race. We discuss the contributions of this study to the college job recruitment literature.
Poster: Racial Differences in College Student Job Attribute Preferences: The Role of Ethnic Identity and Self-Efficacy
Moakley Atrium
The present study examines perceptions of job attribute preferences among Caucasian and African American business undergraduate students. It is argued that there will be significant differences in job attribute preferences when compared by race, and that these differences can be explained by the consideration of ethnic identity. Furthermore, it also argued that the relationship between ethnic identity and job attribute preferences is influenced by a respondent’s level of self-efficacy, such that respondents with higher levels of efficacy placed greater emphasis on job attributes than those with lower levels of efficacy. The data also suggest there are significant differences in 19 of 21 job attribute preferences when compared by race. We discuss the contributions of this study to the college job recruitment literature.