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Recruiting on Corporate Web Sites: Perceptions of fit and attraction
Author(s) -
Pfieffelmann Brigitte,
Wagner Stephen H.,
Libkuman Terry
Publication year - 2010
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/j.1468-2389.2010.00487.x
Subject(s) - attraction , usability , psychology , perception , web site , seekers , context (archaeology) , preference , social psychology , web presence , the internet , applied psychology , world wide web , computer science , mathematics , human–computer interaction , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , neuroscience , political science , law , paleontology , biology
This study adopted a person–organization (P–O fit) framework to investigate job seeker attraction to organizations in the context of e‐recruitment. Recruitment information posted on real corporate web sites was presented to active job seekers ( N =120) in order to better understand reactions to online recruiting. Participants examined one of three corporate web sites and completed questionnaires about their perceptions of web site usability, subjective P–O fit, and organizational attraction. In addition, occupational preference, internet experience, organization size and location were used as control variables. For female participants, perceptions of web site usability and subjective P–O fit were both positively related to attraction, with subjective P–O fit mediating the relationship between web site usability and organizational attraction. These relations were not found for male participants. Implications for future empirical research and recruitment practice were discussed.