Online recruiting: The effects of organizational familiarity, website usability, and website attractiveness on viewers' impressions of organizations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2992-3001

  Braddy, Phillip W ^a   Meade, Adam W ^b   Kroustalis, Christina M ^b  

^a CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet recruiting; Online recruiting; Signaling theory; Web recruiting; Website attractiveness; Website usability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

INTERNET RECRUITING; ONLINE RECRUITING; SIGNALING THEORY; WEB RECRUITING; WEBSITE ATTRACTIVENESS; WEBSITE USABILITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 51349163871     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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