Factors enhancing employed job seekers intentions to use social networking sites as a job search tool

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 38-54

  Suki, Norazah Mohd ^a   Ramayah, T ^b   Ming, Michelle Kow Pei ^b   Suki, Norbayah Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adoption of technologies; Behavioural intention; Communities of practice; Computer mediated communication; Interactive learning environments; Job search; Malaysia; Recruitment; Social networking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL INTENTION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; JOB SEARCH; MALAYSIA; RECRUITMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 80052887993     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2011040105     Document Type: Article

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