The effect of person-organization fit feedback via recruitment web sites on applicant attraction

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2509-2523

  Hu, Changya ^a   Su, Hsiao Chiao ^b   Chen, Chang I Bonnie ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applicant attraction; Fit feedback; Person organization fit; Web based recruitment

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WEBSITES;

APPLICANT ATTRACTION; FEEDBACK INFORMATION; FIT FEEDBACK; PERSON ORGANIZATION FIT; WEB BASED RECRUITMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33947594164     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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