Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76415 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 810
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Recruitment is often delegated to senior employees. Delegated recruitment, however, is vulnerable to moral hazard because senior employees may avoid recruiting the best candidates who could threaten their future seniority. We find that seniors will not deliberately choose bad candidates if the only information asymmetry between the owner and the recruiter relates to the candidates' type'. Delegation is then superior to direct (owner) recruitment and offering tenure' or guaranteed seniority to the senior employee is neither always desirable for the owner nor necessary to ensure good recruitment. If there is information asymmetry between the owner and the senior employee regarding additional aspects of firm operations, however, moral hazard may exist and tenure may be needed to ensure that the best candidate is selected. Offering tenure may then be desirable for the owner.
Subjects: 
recruitment
delegation
moral hazard
long term contract
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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