Discrimination in Job Application Forms of Hospitality
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Discrimination in Job Application Forms of Hospitality Industry
Discrimination in Job Application Forms of Hospitality Industry

Author(s): Mehmet Yeşiltaş, Rahman Temizkan, Saadet Pınar Temizkan, Ömer Emre Arslan
Subject(s): Social differentiation, Tourism, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Orhan Sağçolak
Keywords: Hospitality Industry; Human Resources Management; Job Application Form; Discrimination;

Summary/Abstract: Main purpose of the research is to make guidance to human resources managers on the way of preparing non-discriminatory job application forms. Another purpose of this research is to examine the hypothesis of “the attributions of hotels and characteristics of human resources managers make meaningful differences on discriminatory data request from the applicants on job application forms”. A questionnaire, designed based on literature review, was conducted on human resources managers of hotels of Turkey. Despite legal regulations, it is detected that, characteristics of managers and attributions of hotels make differences on discriminatory data requests in the forms.

  • Issue Year: 5/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 18-36
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English
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