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Employers' perceptions of online university degrees and their relationship with the recruitment and selection practices: The case of Chile

Bobek, Vito; Zych, Filip; Janković, Božidarka; … - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 68 (2022) 3, pp. 28-49

Abstract The emergence of online university degree programs is an opportunity for Chile, struggling with low tertiary … employers in Chile perceive online and on-campus university education as equivalent. This study investigated the perceptions of … graduate. The university's reputation is a crucial factor influencing hiring decisions in Chile. The degree's relevance may be …

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Does random selection of commissioners improve the quality of selected candidates? : an investigation in the Italian academia

Checchi, Daniele; De Poli, Silvia; Rettore, Enrico - 2017

We study a reform occurred in Italy in 2008 in the formation of selection committees for qualifying as university professor. Prior to the reform members of the selection committees were elected by their peers, after the reform they have been randomly drawn. This policy was intended to increase...

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Industry 4.0 and current competencies

Beke, Eva; Horvath, Richard; Takacs-Gyorgy, Katalin - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 66 (2020) 4, pp. 63-70

There is a growing gap between higher education systems and the needs and demands of the labor market. Many of today's students will work at jobs that just have emerged or do not even exist yet. The "newcomers" will need both digital and social-emotional skills in the coming years. These new...

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University presidential searches : an empirical examination of internal versus external hiring

Monks, James W. - In: Eastern economic journal : EEJ 48 (2022) 4, pp. 580-601

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Challenges of artificial intelligence on the learning process in higher education

Sîrghi, Nicoleta; Voicu, Mirela-Catrinel; Noja, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 26 (2024) 65, pp. 53-70

Artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded to unprecedented proportions in recent decades, penetrating vast areas, including education. The debates on the usefulness of incorporating AI into university education, with its subsequent opportunities and challenges, have captured the attention of the...

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Higher Education and the School-Work Mismatch in an Evolving Labor Market

de Rugy, Veronique - 2020

In relation to an evolving labor market, the main focus of this paper is to examine whether the traditional model of higher education is effectively matching graduate skills to labor market demand. In light of a growing student debt burden and proposals for significant expansions in higher...

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Can peer mentoring improve online teaching effectiveness? : an RCT during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2020

Online delivery of higher education has taken center stage but is fraught with issues of student self-organization. We conducted an RCT to study the effects of remote peer mentoring at a German university that switched to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mentors and mentees met...

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The value of hiring through referrals

Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - 2013

Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...

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Social networks, employee selection and labor market outcomes

Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2013

The paper studies how social job finding networks affect firms' selection of employees and the setting of entry wages. Our point of departure is the Montgomery (1991) model of employee referrals which suggests that it is optimal for firms to hire new workers through referrals from their most...

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The optimality of heterogeneous tournaments

Gürtler, Marc; Gürtler, Oliver - 2013

We investigate the effect of employee heterogeneity on the incentive to put forth effort in a market-based tournament. Employers use the tournament's outcome to estimate employees' abilities and accordingly condition their wage offers. Employees put forth effort, because by doing so they...

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