Author(s)

Zhaojun Pu ¹, Juan Ma ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Public Health, Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712046, China

Corresponding Author

Zhaojun Pu

ABSTRACT

Interview is the most commonly used measurement tool in talent selection. In view of the severity of the current employment environment, how to motivate the interviewer to make a fair and just choice in the employment decision has gradually become a topic of concern in the society. Based on human-environment matching and resource conservation theories, this study explores the moderating effect of age on the influence of interviewer - candidate gender similarity on employment attitude. The results showed that: (1) different gender combinations of interviewers and candidates produced different hiring attitudes; (2) for interviewer-candidate gender similarity, the effect of female interviewer-candidate gender similarity on hiring attitudes (M = 0.39) was significantly lower than the effect of male interviewer-candidate gender similarity on hiring attitudes (M = 0.56); and for interviewer-candidate gender dissimilarity, female interviewers hired male candidates (M = 0.53), significantly higher than male interviewers lower than female candidates (M = 0.59); (3) gender similarity of interviewers and candidates and interviewer age on hiring attitudes were analyzed for interaction effects, and the analysis showed that hiring attitudes reached statistical significance.

KEYWORDS

Interviews, Interviewer-candidate gender similarity, Candidates, Age

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhaojun Pu, Juan Ma, Interviewer-Candidate Gender Similarity and Interviewer's Hiring Attitude in Interview Situations: The Role of Age. Social Security and Administration Management (2023) Vol. 4: 7-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/socsam.2023.040402.

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