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The body of job applicants: a confirmation of their sports practice?,

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Some sociologists have highlighted that being a practicing athlete is the main condition for employment in sports distribution (Gasparini and Pichot, 2007; Gasparini and Pierre, 2008; Hidri et Bohuon, 2008). But its problematic evaluation during a job interview, most used method (88% of recruitments) (Bergeat and Rémy, 2017), leads recruiters to assess the bodily capital of candidates instead of sports skills (Hidri Neys and Bohuon, 2011; Hidri Neys, 2014). While the job market is under strain, considering elements of the physical appearance of job applicants reduces recruiter uncertainties. This practice is standard in sports distribution. It is nevertheless indirectly discriminatory. Consider this criterion, in France, contravenes the law of November 16th, 2001: " No person can be excluded from a recruitment procedure (...) because of their physical appearance ". To understand this phenomenon, I studied the manufacture of these recruiters. In their professional socialization, what transforms them (Darmon, 2016) and "updates a professional habit" (Bouron and Souanef, 2012, 92) "inviting" them to discriminate? Three observations of training courses in recruitment, an interview with a training project manager, the analysis of the training book were carried out. The materials collected reveal arguments deployed that can generate discriminatory behavior. The speeches revolve around four essential "values" (athletic, vital, helpful, concrete). Defined in relation to sport, they are declined in such a way that they invite recruiters to pay attention to the bodies of candidates. This is easily done since some strategies are used to silence legal content and to circumvent the legislative framework. If each employee is aware of having been recruited thanks to his sports capital, it is not surprising that the use of the lexical field of this environment echoes them and authorizes the maintenance of discrimination in hiring according to appearance physical.
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hal-04197306 , version 1 (06-09-2023)

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Julie Duflos. The body of job applicants: a confirmation of their sports practice?,. European Sociological Association (ESA), Research Network 28 Society and Sport, midterm conference, Sport and crisis: bodies, practices, representations, University of Teramo, Mar 2021, Teramo, France. ⟨hal-04197306⟩
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