Gender Discrimination at Job Application Process: An Experimental Study at Hotels

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  • Rahman Temizkan Travel Management and Tour Guiding, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Yasin Emre Oğuz Tourism Management, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Beybala Timur Travel Management and Tour Guiding, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Employment- Human Resource- Management

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Purpose – This study aims to examine gender discrimination during the employee hiring process in the hotel industry which is considered as the largest subsector of the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach – The population of the study consists of a total of 27 3-, 4-, and 5-star hotels located in Eskisehir. The study utilized an experimental method to collect data from 23 hotels. Findings – Findings indicate no sign of gender discrimination at 4-star and 5-star hotels’ job application interview process. However, evidence of gender discrimination was found at 57% of 3-star hotels’ job applications. Discussion – Hotels in Eskisehir do not discriminate applications on purpose. However, some hotels discriminate applicants unintentionally. This mostly occurs due to managers' lack of broader knowledge about the discrimination concept.

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13-06-2021

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Temizkan, R., Oğuz, Y. E., & Timur, B. (2021). Gender Discrimination at Job Application Process: An Experimental Study at Hotels. İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12(2), 1121–1129. Geliş tarihi gönderen https://www.isarder.org/index.php/isarder/article/view/1069

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