Finding Work After War: The Role of Military Experience in Civilian Hiring

SES-0818337堪萨斯州梅雷迪斯克利坎普大学该项目将衡量雇主是否对退伍军人表现出歧视性或优惠性态度，以及这是否会影响退伍军人在招聘过程中的待遇。这项研究探讨了退伍军人的结果如何以及为什么会因种族/民族和性别而不同。该项目的主要目标是：1)确定退伍军人在招聘过程中的表现，利用实验设计记录退伍军人不同聘用待遇的程度，以及这种待遇是否因种族和性别而异2)探索解释雇主对待退伍军人的机制，雇主如何评估军事经验，以及军事经验在文职招聘过程中的意义，通过与招聘代理的深入访谈，以及3)根据审计和面试数据，对退伍军人/非退伍军人不同的就业结果、人力资本开发、甄选、信号或筛选以及文化资本发展做出相互矛盾的社会学解释。更广泛的影响这项研究具有广泛的社会影响。首先，它有助于从理论上和实践上理解经验丰富的招聘实践。调查结果将促进制定有利于退伍军人的过渡和就业政策。对军人求职者的歧视性雇佣行为或负面情绪的证据表明，需要对雇主进行更好的关于保护军人的法律的教育，并更好地评估对此类法律的遵守情况。另一方面，优惠待遇的证据可能会澄清，退伍军人面临的就业过渡困难存在于招聘或工作匹配过程的其他方面。该项目为最近的堪萨斯大学福特分校做出了贡献。利文沃斯倡议通过提供可用于帮助军事决策的信息，促进了大学和陆军-S指挥与总参谋部之间的合作。

SES-0818337Meredith Kleykamp University of KansasThe project will measure whether employers exhibit discriminatory or preferential attitudes toward military veterans and whether this affects veteran treatment in the hiring process. This study explores how and why veteran outcomes differ by race/ethnicity and gender. The main goals of the project are to: 1) identify how military veterans fare in hiring, document the extent of differential hiring treatment of veterans and whether such treatment varies by race and gender using an experimental design 2) explore the mechanisms explaining employer treatment of veterans, how employers evaluate military experience, and what meaning military experience holds in the civilian hiring process using in-depth interviews with hiring agents and 3) adjudicate competing sociological explanations for differential veteran/nonveteran employment outcomes, of human capital development, selection, signaling or screening, and cultural capital development on the basis of the audit and interview data. Broader ImpactsThe research has broad reaching social impacts. First, it contributes to both the academic and practical understanding of veteran hiring practices. Findings will foster development of veteran-friendly transition and employment policies. Evidence of discriminatory hiring practices or negative sentiments toward military job seekers would suggest the need for better employer education on laws protecting military members and better evaluation of compliance with such laws. On the other hand, evidence of preferential treatment could clarify that employment transition difficulties facing veterans lie elsewhere in the hiring or job matching process. The project contributes to the recent University of Kansas-Ft. Leavenworth initiative facilitating collaboration between the University and the Army?s Command and General Staff College by providing information that can be used to aid military policymaking.