Abstract

Mohammed Taha Souad

Limited research in Egypt explores the effects of human resource management on overall organizational performance. Furthermore, very limited research, if any, exist in Egypt to explore the effects recruitment function has on creating competitive advantage for organizations because organizations continuously need to both efficiently and effectively search for qualified candidates when they either plan for new business activities or expand on existing ones. Traditionally, the recruitment function was performed internally inside organizations. Nevertheless, another alternative method to that is outsourcing the recruitment function to specialized firms responsible to create a large pool of qualified candidates that are both able and willing to perform the required job. This study is both descriptive and exploratory which address the reasons behind organizations refrain from outsourcing its recruitment function. A survey conducted on a sample of 36 top managers from Egyptian and Non-Egyptian companies operating in various fields in Egypt discovered that 55% of these companies were involved in recruitment outsourcing. A contrary to logic result found that the cost reduction factor was not perceived by Egyptian managers as a valuable reason to outsource their recruitment function.