Why and How Does Recruitment Matter? The Resource-Based View of the Firm

Why and How Does Recruitment Matter? The Resource-Based View of the Firm

In the 1990s, RBV, as a mathematically less complex framework, has supplanted utility analysis in the evaluation of possible organization-level benefits of recruitment. Taylor and Collins (2000: 317-321) argue how recruitment satisfies Barney & Wright’s (1998) five RBV criteria, which might offer a competitive advantage. First, recruitment might add value by enhancing labor cost efficiencies…