ERIC Number: EJ1253179
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Employer Reservation and Ex-Offender Employment Opportunities
Miller, Darrell
COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, v8 n1 p29-46 Spr 2019
Ex-offenders have a variety of characteristics that limit their employment potential, including convictions affecting work opportunities, substance abuse challenges, limited work experiences, insufficient education and cognitive skills, and perceptions the public has about prisoners. The primary purpose for this research is to learn more about the differences between employer willingness to hire and employer hiring practice of ex-offenders with drug-related convictions in a Mid-Atlantic region. This study evaluated whether organizational characteristics such as industry, firm size, and amount of customer contact; a credible referral system the employer trusts; and employers' previous experiences hiring ex-offenders relate to hiring reservation. Of the varying research areas, credible referral systems produced the most encouraging results in terms of hiring likelihood.
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Personnel Selection, Employment Practices, Drug Use, Criminals, Correctional Rehabilitation, Referral, Credibility, Institutional Characteristics, Risk, Labeling (of Persons), Industry, Work Experience, Educational Attainment, Job Skills, Barriers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Delaware
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