The impact of the wording of employment advertisements on students' inclination to apply for a job

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 485-502

  Born, Marise ^a   Taris, Toon ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

career development; classified advertising; discrimination; employment issues; gender issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; WORK;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHARACTER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; JOB DESCRIPTION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956577689     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540903365422     Document Type: Article

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