Abstract:
The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence
that there are significant differences between companies run by members
of the majority population and those run by members of minorities.
Differences are frequently related to size, age and certain success
indicators. However, it remains unclear whether decisions concerning
the acquisition of personnel also diverge. This article outlines results
of a questionnaire survey on recruitment methods of enterprises in
Tanzania. The authors tried to discover differences in the recruitment
strategies of Tanzanian-African and Tanzanian-Asian companies, but
found none. The interpretation is that companies operate in similar
business environments and face comparable exogenously given institutional
restrictions. Thus, strategies of personnel recruitment seem
to be alike.
