Nätverkandets påverkan på organisationssammansättningen

Abstract

Networking is an important part, for organizations, in the recruitment process. This since the emergence of Internet networking has become more common and the organizations finds that networking is applied more frequently in the recruitment process. Organizations have noticed that networking often is a more cost efficient option compared to traditional recruitment. Since networking in the recruitment process has increased, we intend to investigate if and how it affects the composition of organizations. This thesis aims to examine networking in the recruiting process, and aims to make no differences between networking offline and online. The aim is, further to explore and create a greater understanding of how networking is affecting the recruitment process and therefore organizations and their composition. To answer the purpose of the thesis, three questions were held. The first one is why networking has become increasingly more important for the organizations in their recruitment process. The second deals with how and when networking is used in the organization's recruitment process. The third and final question is why and to what extent the organizations use networking in the recruitment process. The method used in this thesis was qualitative methods and took the form of interviews. The respondents are describing that networking is common in the recruitment process and that they generally have a good knowledge into how this might affect the organizational composition. We find that a result of networking in the recruitment process is that the organizational composition may be more homogeneous.