A malpractice claim or suit can have a devastating effect on a physician's practice and personal life. What is often overlooked is that an employment-related suit or EEOC charge also can extract a heavy toll, personally, professionally, and financially. The number of employment-related suits and claims has risen dramatically in the last few years. According to recent enforcement and litigation ...

I use data on the hiring practices and spatial location of firms in four cities to model the process of interfirm racial segregation. When I control for the spatial location of the firm, the use of employee referrals reduced the probability of hiring a black worker by 75% in firms that are less than 10% black. Among all firms, the results suggest that employee referrals are just as important as...

Academic librarian hiring processes are designed to allow institutions learn about candidates through a multiple-round process, but often these not with the in mind. This paper uses qualitative approach interpret and understand how attitudes of search committee members shape on-campus interview practices, particular focus on practices create barriers inclusivity. Library employees who recently ...

AIM The purpose of the study was to learn about the opinions of employers from small and medium sized enterprises regarding hiring mentally ill people and to identify barriers hindering such employment. METHOD The study was carried out by the Public Opinion Research Center in 2007 on an all-Poland representative sample of 503 employers. A questionnaire entitled "Employers' opinions on hiring ...

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Page 1 of 8 Introduction The goal of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program is to recruit exceptional researchers from outside Canada to lead cutting‐edge programs that will enhance Canada’s reputation for research excellence world‐wide. The goals of this program can only be reached if the strongest candidates are in the applicant pool, if their applications are advanced forward...