Displaying Employee Testimonials on Recruitment Web Sites: Effects of Communication Media, Employee Race, and Job Seeker Race on Organizational Attraction and Information Credibility

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1354-1364

  Walker, H Jack ^a,b   Feild, Hubert S ^c   Giles, William F ^c   Armenakis, Achilles A ^c   Bernerth, Jeremy B ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

credibility; employee testimonials; media richness; organizational attraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949133464     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014964     Document Type: Article

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