TY  - UNPD
A1  - Heinz, Matthias
A1  - Schumacher, Heiner
T1  - Signaling cooperation
T2  - SAFE working paper series ; No. 120
N2  - We examine what an applicant’s vita signals to potential employers about her willingness to cooperate in teams. Intensive social engagement may credibly reveal that an applicant cares about the well-being of others and therefore is less likely to free-ride in teamwork situations. We find that contributions in a public goods game strongly increase in a subject’s degree of social engagement as indicated on her résumé (and rated by an independent third party). Engagement in other domains, such as student or sports associations, is not positively correlated with contributions. In a prediction experiment with human resource managers from various industries, we find that managers use résumé content effectively to predict relative differences in subjects’ willingness to cooperate. Thus, young professionals signal important behavioral characteristics to potential employers through the choice of their extracurricular activities.
T3  - SAFE working paper - 120 
KW  - Signaling
KW  - Public Goods
KW  - Labor Markets
KW  - Extracurricular Activities
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38659
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-386593
UR  - http://ssrn.com/abstract=2696911
PB  - SAFE
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -