Human Resource Management in the Pornography Industry Business Practices in a Stigmatized Trade David M. Kopp Human Resource Management in the Pornography Industry David M. Kopp Human Resource Management in the Pornography Industry Business Practices in a Stigmatized Trade David M. Kopp Associate Vice Provost of Extended Learning and Professor of Human Resource Development Barry University Miami Shores, FL, USA ISBN 978-3-030-37658-1 ISBN 978-3-030-37659-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37659-8 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such namesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreefor general use. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinforma- tion in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeen made.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictionalclaimsinpublishedmaps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © John Rawsterne/patternhead.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland To Sandra, mi musa, mi amor. Te amo Acknowledgments Mysinceregratitudeforthemanypeoplewhosupportedmewhilewriting this book, especially my family. Thanks to Palgrave-Macmillan, Marcus Ballenger, Kumaravel Senba- garaj, Susan Westendorf, Sophia Siegler, Siva Shukkanthy, the sponsoring editors and assistant editors; thanks also to Barry University. The author would like to acknowledge the following people and orga- nizations who contributed in some form to this book: Alix Lovell, Riley Reyes, Casey Calvert, Mark Spiegler, Alejandro Freixes, Antonia Crane, JenniferSalgado,DanMiller,XBIZstaff,AVNstaff,APAC,APAG,Kenny B, Dave Fletcher, Carolina Potap, Katie Desiderio, Stephen Yagielowicz, Moe Helmy, and Ben Curtis. vii Contents 1 Introduction: Counterintuitive Juxtapositions 1 2 Recruiting, Selecting, and Retaining Talent 15 3 Managing Performance 27 4 Career Development 39 5 Workforce Diversity 49 6 Compensation and Benefits 59 7 Workplace Health and Safety 69 8 Porn and HRM: Axiological Issues 79 Index 87 ix Abbreviations AA Affirmative Action AB Assembly Bill APAC Adult Performers Advocacy Committee APAG Adult Performers Actors Guild AVN Adult Video News B/G Boy/Girl Scene CSR Corporate Social Responsibility DYI Do It Yourself (porn) EEO Equal Employment Opportunity FSC Free Speech Coalition HRM Human Resource Management IEAU International Entertainment Adult Union IR Interracial KSA Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes MILF Mother I’d Like to Fuck OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration ROI Return on Investment SHRM Society of Human Resource Management XBIZ Portmanteau for X-rated Business xi List of Figures Fig. 1.1 The “slices” to the HRM pie (Source Author’s rendition) 5 Fig. 2.1 Typical staffing funnel (Source Author’s rendition) 16 Fig. 2.2 Pornography industry’s staffing funnel (Source Author’s rendition) 17 Fig. 2.3 Form 2257 verifying identification that adult performers are 18 or older (Source KINK.com) 22 Fig. 4.1 Talent development model (Source Adapted from Bersin & Chamorro-Premuzic, 2019) 41 xiii List of Tables Table 2.1 Dimensions of job taint 19 Table 3.1 Responses of what adult performers liked about the adult entertainment industry 31 Table 4.1 Frequencies and percentages of why women went into pornography 42 Table 6.1 Pornography’s adult performer compensation 60 Table 6.2 Pornography’s behind the camera compensation 61 Table 6.3 Comparison between APAG and APAC 64 Table 7.1 Domains of FLOW 76 Table 8.1 Should organizations be in the CSR business? 82 xv