Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74447 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 53
Publisher: 
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Zentrum für Internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung (ZEU), Giessen
Abstract: 
The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence that there are significant differences between companies run by members of the majority population and those run by members of minorities. Differences are frequently related to size, age, and certain success indicators. However, it remains unclear whether decisions concerning the acquisition of personnel also diverge. This paper outlines results of a questionnaire survey on recruitment methods of enterprises in Tanzania. The authors tried to discover differences in the recruitment strategies of Tanzanian-African and Tanzanian-Asian companies but found none. The interpretation is that companies operate in similar business environments and face comparable, exogenously given institutional restrictions. Thus, strategies of personnel recruitment seem to be alike.
Subjects: 
labour market
social capital
organizational culture
recruitment methods
JEL: 
J23
M12
M51
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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