Study of Cancellation Causes of Final Accepted Persons in Recruitment Test of National Iranian Oil Company

This research studies cancellation causes of final accepted persons in recruitment test of National Iranian Oil Company in 2006. In this regard, 274 questionnaires were gathered and analyzed. To analyze the data, SPSS software was used. Also, correlation coefficient, T test of independent groups, and factors analysis method were used. By applying the factors analysis on 26 variables, 6 factors were obtained as the main causes of cancellations, which they, by importance, are: “kind of job” that includes 6 variables with 23.6% of importance; “limitation of facilities of the work place for individuals and their families” that includes 6 variables with 10.3% of importance; “salary and benefits” that includes 4 variables with 7.9% of importance; “official and managerial problems” that includes 5 variables with 6.6% of importance; “recruitment opportunities in other organizations” that includes 3 variables with 5.5% of importance; and “training problems” that includes 2 variables with 4.8% of importance. It is necessary to note that the 6 above-mentioned factors generally explain 56 percentage of the variance (percentage of dispersion) of cancellations, which maximum variance is for “job kind” (23.6%) and minimum variance is for “training matters” (4.8%).