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  Evaluation Practices in Internal Labor Markets: Constructing Engineering Managers' Qualification in French and German Automotive Firms

Gerlach, P. (2013). Evaluation Practices in Internal Labor Markets: Constructing Engineering Managers' Qualification in French and German Automotive Firms. In J. Beckert, & C. Musselin (Eds.), Constructing Quality: The Classification of Goods in Markets (pp. 126-150). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Gerlach, Philipp1, Author           
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Free keywords: decision-making, evaluation, qualification, legitimacy, internal labor market, promotion, engineers, france, germany
 Abstract: How do personnel decision-makers interact within a context of procedural rules and various evaluation techniques to finally decide on an internal promotion? In an analysis of interviews with human resources experts and senior engineering managers in French and German automotive firms, this research finds that different modalities of evaluating qualification coexist and enter into conflict. One evaluation regime centers on formal techniques and allows for generalized and legitimate judgments, while the other regime—that preferred by managers—relies heavily on informal means. Additional results are related to how national institutional contexts influence the modalities of evaluation. This chapter shows how qualification is constructed in organizational evaluation practices and how legitimate staffing decisions are produced when those involved try to rid their judgments of subjectivity and apply meritocratic standards.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2013
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Title: Constructing Quality: The Classification of Goods in Markets
Source Genre: Collected Edition
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Beckert, Jens1, Editor           
Musselin, Christine2, Editor
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1 Soziologie des Marktes, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214556            
2 Sciences Po and the CNRS, Paris, France, ou_persistent22            
Publ. Info: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 126 - 150 Identifier: ISBN: 978-0-19-967757-3
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199677573.001.0001