Organizational hiring practices have been charged for unfair treatment on the grounds of age. Drawing on theories of planned behavior and core self-evaluations, this research investigated the impact of negative attitudes toward older workers on hiring decisions and examined the moderating role of decision-makers' core self-evaluations. We tested our hypotheses based on a structured online quest...

Introduction The robust economy and competition for employee talent has made it difficult for employers to fill open positions, and caused the hiring process to suffer. Organizations are increasingly willing to compromise good hiring practices to bring people on board as expeditiously as possible. It is not uncommon to use a single employment interview to make a hiring decision even for profess...