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Biodata, Personality, and Demographic Differences of Recruits from Three Sources
Author(s) -
McManus Margaret A.,
Ferguson Matthew W.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2389.00241
Subject(s) - psychology , the internet , personality , quality (philosophy) , applied psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , world wide web , philosophy , epistemology , computer science
Candidates for financial services sales positions recruited via the Internet and through more traditional means were compared. Internet recruits scored higher than impersonal and lower than personal recruits on measures of quality. Internet recruits differ from personal and impersonal recruits in terms of demographic characteristics. Implications for recruiters are discussed.